Altera Quartus II Scripting - Manual (Page 305)

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get_collection_size
Usage
get_collection_size <collection>
Options
<collection>: Collection
Description
Returns the size of a collection.
Unlike a Tcl list, a collection is a container specific to the Quartus®II software, whose elements can be
accessed by using the "foreach_in_collection" command.
Example
## Displays the number of global assignments
project_open chiptrip
set num_global_asgns [get_collection_size \
[get_all_global_assignments -name {*}]]
puts $num_global_asgns
project_close