Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Nov. 03, 2018 USD ($) stores $ / shares shares	Oct. 28, 2017 USD ($) stores $ / shares shares	Nov. 03, 2018 USD ($) stores $ / shares shares	Oct. 28, 2017 USD ($) stores $ / shares shares
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales	$ 3,549,608	$ 3,328,894	$ 10,876,153	$ 10,066,926
Costs and Expenses
Cost of goods sold	2,547,331	2,369,148	7,736,533	7,120,056
Selling, general and administrative	561,577	517,297	1,640,581	1,490,392
Interest (income) expense, net	(2,953)	1,780	(4,849)	7,290
Total costs and expenses	3,105,955	2,888,225	9,372,265	8,617,738
Earnings before taxes	443,653	440,669	1,503,888	1,449,188
Provision for taxes on earnings	105,545	166,220	358,124	537,182
Net earnings	$ 338,108	$ 274,449	$ 1,145,764	$ 912,006	[1]
Earnings per share
Basic (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 0.92	$ 0.72	$ 3.09	$ 2.38
Diluted (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 0.91	$ 0.72	$ 3.06	$ 2.36
Weighted average shares outstanding
Basic (in shares) | shares	368,102	379,432	370,977	382,959
Diluted (in shares) | shares	371,061	382,132	373,936	385,823
Dividends
Stores open at end of period (in number of stores) | stores	1,720	1,627	1,720	1,627

[1] As the result of the adoption of ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flow (Topic 230): Restricted Cash, the prior year amounts were retrospectively adjusted to include restricted cash and cash equivalents. See Note A.