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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def update_history(self, directory):

 """Update browse history"""

        try:
            directory = osp.abspath(to_text_string(directory))
            if directory in self.history:
                self.histindex = self.history.index(directory)
        except Exception:
            user_directory = get_home_dir()
            self.chdir(directory=user_directory, browsing_history=True)