ForEach Controller Start index for loop not using variable
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Description
### Expected behavior
I want to control the Start and End index of the ForEach controller using a variable.
At the start of the test I don't know what the value of the Start and End index will be.
Sometimes I want to start at index 5, sometimes at 0, sometimes at 3.
### Actual behavior
When the Start index of the ForEach controller is set using a variable, it is not used. The start index is still 0.
In my test plan I want to set the variable at some point in time during the test (based upon changing factors).
In the attached (simplyfied) testplan, I am using some dummy/demo values to demonstrate the issue.
When I add a User Defined Variables config element to the plan, the ForEach controller is using the Start index set specified in that variable, but that does not help me as I want it to be more dynamic.
### Steps to reproduce the problem
The test plan starts by creating JSON content and I use a JSON Extractor to create a number of variables which then can be used by the ForEach Controller.
[ForeachTest.jmx.txt](https://github.com/apache/jmeter/files/13419020/ForeachTest.jmx.txt)
After extracting the variables, there is a JSR223 PostProcessor which sets the variables used for the Start and End Index.
The Start index is set to 2, the End index is set to 5. So I am expecting the ForEach controller to use variable 3, 4, and 5.
The End Index is working fine but the Start Index is ignored.

### JMeter Version
5.6.2
### Java Version
java version 1.8.0_391
### OS Version
Windows 11 22H2
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