Q. What is the purpose of the * quantifier in a regular expression in Ruby?
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(A)
Matches one or more occurrences of the preceding character
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(B)
Matches one or zero occurrences of the preceding character
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(C)
Matches zero or more occurrences of the preceding character
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(D)
Matches exactly n occurrences of the preceding character
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
Matches zero or more occurrences of the preceding character