Consolidated Statements of Income (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2011	Apr. 30, 2010	Apr. 30, 2011	Apr. 30, 2010
Consolidated Statements of Income
Net sales	$ 325,301	$ 289,271	$ 618,530	$ 549,530
Cost of sales	123,539	125,778	240,162	236,274
Gross profit	201,762	163,493	378,368	313,256
Selling, general and administrative expense	126,382	111,340	239,835	211,918
Research and development expense	10,390	8,573	20,117	16,200
Restructuring costs	0	47	0	410
Gain on settlement of preexisting relationship	0	0	6,080	0
Amortization of intangibles	4,734	4,499	9,447	8,716
Operating income	60,256	39,034	115,049	76,012
Interest expense	4,268	9,730	11,219	19,955
Loss on extinguishment of debt	16,487	0	16,487	0
Litigation settlement charge	0	27,000	0	27,000
Other income (expense), net	219	168	(514)	(2,159)
Income before income taxes	39,720	2,472	86,829	26,898
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes	4,360	(1,984)	6,174	2,020
Net income	$ 35,360	$ 4,456	$ 80,655	$ 24,878
Basic earnings per share	$ 0.76	$ 0.10	$ 1.74	$ 0.55
Diluted earnings per share	$ 0.73	$ 0.10	$ 1.69	$ 0.54
Number of shares used to compute earnings per share:
Basic	46,506	45,481	46,242	45,386
Diluted	48,239	46,367	47,807	46,197