Dividends and earnings (loss) per share (Details) - $ / shares	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2022	Jul. 31, 2021	Jul. 31, 2022	Jul. 31, 2021
Earnings per share:
Average dilutive shares outstanding	74,000	4,000	72,000	2,000
Impact of Earnings (loss) per share	$ 0.00		$ 0.05
Anti-dilutive shares excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share		268,000		268,000

Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124432515&loc=d3e3550-109257

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