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# Update

## Overview

Updates the subscriber and returns a status

### Syntax

Update(1)

### Function Properties

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| Ordinal | Type   |              | Description |
| ------- | ------ | ------------ | ----------- |
| **1**   | string | **Required** |             |

## Example

This sample code updates a currently existing subscriber.

```
var subscriber = {
    "EmailTypePreference": "HTML",
    "Attributes":{"First Name": "Test", "Last Name": "User"}
};

var subObj = Subscriber.Init("SubKey");
var status = subObj.Update(subscriber);
```