<entity>

If this assignment is for a particular design entity, the design entity name. If there is no design entity, use empty double quotation marks ("").
If you specify a design entity, the Quartus^® II software counts only the assignments in the Entity Settings File (.esf) for the design entity. Otherwise, the Quartus II software counts the assignments in the Project Settings File (.psf) and Project Configuration File (.quartus) for the project, and not the assignments in any ESF.

<section_identifier>

The name of the section in the ESF, PSF or QUARTUS File from which you want to get a list of assignments. If you want to get a list of assignments for all sections in the PSF and QUARTUS File, or in the ESF, use empty double quotation marks ("").

<source>

If required, the first statement in a range of statements that contain the assignment. If there is no range, or you want an assignment count for all statements, use empty double quotation marks ("").

<destination>

The statement containing the assignment, or, for a range of statements, the last statement in the range. If you want an assignment count for all statements, use empty double quotation marks ("").