[bug #68548] dec2base produces incorrect output for multiple negative inputs

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Update of bug #68548 (group octave):=0A=0A                  Status:        =
            None =3D> Fixed=0A             Assigned to:                    =
None =3D> arungiridhar=0A             Open/Closed:                    Open =
=3D> Closed=0A           Fixed Release:                    None =3D> 11.4.0=
 (current stable)=0A         Planned Release:                    None =3D> =
11.4.0 (current stable)=0A=0A    __________________________________________=
_____________=0A=0AFollow-up Comment #1:=0A=0AThanks for reporting this bug=
. It was the result of a silly typo that I made=0Ain Feb 2023. A certain ex=
pression should have said "foo(k, j)" but I had=0Awritten only "foo(j)". Fo=
r scalar inputs this was the same index, but for=0Avectors it was very diff=
erent and messing up the result.=0A=0AI've pushed the fix to the stable bra=
nch (hg id 395a6ecca13f) and added your=0Aexample as a BIST. The fix will s=
how up in the next Octave release.=0A=0ANew result:=0A=0Aoctave:1> test dec=
2base=0APASSES 49 out of 49 tests=0A=0Aoctave:2> dec2base ([-1 -2], 10, 3, =
2)=0Aans =3D=0A999.00=0A998.00=0A=0Aoctave:3> dec2base (-1, 10, 3, 2)=0Aans=
 =3D 999.00=0A=0Aoctave:4> dec2base (-2, 10, 3, 2)=0Aans =3D 998.00=0A=0A=
=0A=0AClosing as fixed.=0A=0A=0A    _______________________________________=
________________=0A=0AReply to this item at:=0A=0A  <https://savannah.gnu.o=
rg/bugs/?68548>=0A=0A_______________________________________________=0AMess=
age sent via Savannah=0Ahttps://savannah.gnu.org/=0A
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