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# Subscribers.Update

## Overview

Updates the status of the specified subscriber on the initialized list. Initialize the list using the list's external key value

### Syntax

Subscribers.Update(1, 2)

### Function Properties

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| Ordinal | Type   |              | Description                                                                                                                               |
| ------- | ------ | ------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **1**   | string | **Required** | Attribute containing Email address of subscriber or a JSON object containing the EmailAddress and SubscriberKey values for the subscriber |
| **2**   | string | **Required** | New status of subscriber on initialized list                                                                                              |

## Example

This sample code sets the status of the subscriber to active.

```
var myList = List.Init("myList");
var status = myList.Subscribers.Update("aruiz@example.com","Active");
```