Docs: usage of j vs i

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Open the linked RecursiveArrayTools.VectorOfArray documentation section and review the surrounding index-notation examples. Update the sentence describing vecarr_to_vectors and the plot recipe so its component-index notation is consistent with the preceding examples. Done means the documented index variable is consistent throughout that section.

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Currently the documentation for VectorOfArray states:

A[i] # Returns the ith array in the vector of arrays
A[j, i] # Returns the jth component in the ith array
A[j1, ..., jN, i] # Returns the (j1,...,jN) component of the ith array

Followed by this sentence:
"Also, vecarr_to_vectors(VA::AbstractVectorOfArray) returns a vector of the series for each component, that is, A[i,:] for each i. A plot recipe is provided, which plots the A[i,:] series."

I think the choice of i is pretty confusing in this sentence as j is used before to represent the component index. For consistency I propose using j:

"Also, vecarr_to_vectors(VA::AbstractVectorOfArray) returns a vector of the series for each component, that is, A[j,:] for each j. A plot recipe is provided, which plots the A[j,:] series."

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