# BicepValueFactoryProxy.take

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting.Azure.Provisioning](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.provisioning.md)
- Defined on: [BicepValueFactoryProxy](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.provisioning/bicepvaluefactoryproxy.md)
- Version: `13.6.0-preview.1.26478.8`
- Kind: `method`

Creates a Bicep expression that takes characters from the start of a string.

## Definition

```typescript
interface BicepValueFactoryProxy {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  take(
      value: string | BicepValueProxy,
      count: number | BicepValueProxy): BicepValueProxy;
}
```

## Signature

```typescript
take(
    value: string | BicepValueProxy,
    count: number | BicepValueProxy): BicepValueProxy
```

## Parameters

- `value` (`string | BicepValueProxy`)
- `count` (`number | BicepValueProxy`)

## Returns

[BicepValueProxy](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.provisioning/bicepvalueproxy.md)

## Defined on

- [BicepValueFactoryProxy](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.provisioning/bicepvaluefactoryproxy.md) -- `handle`