Get number of objects via path

#you have to set as paramter list:  path,type=''
from Products.CMFCore.utils import getToolByName
portal_catalog = getToolByName(context, 'portal_catalog')

mytup = context.portal_catalog.searchResults(
    path = path,
    Type = type,
    sort_on = 'getObjPositionInParent')

return len(mytup)