Stock Repurchase Program (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2016

Stock Repurchase Program [Abstract]

Stock Repurchase And Reissuance Activities

Stock repurchase activities are as follow:

	Three Months Ended   July 31,				Nine Months Ended   July 31,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
	(in thousands)
Total shares repurchased (1)	2,525		678		6,889		3,968
Total cost of the repurchased shares(1)	$	120,000	$	36,000	$	320,000	$	180,000
Reissuance of treasury stock	1,708		1,553		3,169		3,931

(1) Does not include the 351,170 shares and $25.0 million equity forward contract, respectively, from the May 2016 ASR settled in August 2016.