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+<h1>strategy</h1>
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+the `strategy pattern` (also known as the policy pattern) is a behavioral software design pattern that enables selecting 
+an algorithm at runtime. Instead of implementing a single algorithm directly, code receives run-time instructions as to
+which in a family of algorithms to use.