Stock Repurchase Program (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2017

Stock Repurchase Program [Abstract]

Stock Repurchase And Reissuance Activities

Stock repurchase activities are as follow:

	Three Months Ended   January 31,
	2017		2016
	(in thousands)
Total shares repurchased (1)	1,393		3,849
Total cost of the repurchased shares(1)	$	80,000	$	180,000
Reissuance of treasury stock	368		200

(1) Does not include the 258,710 shares and $20.0 million equity forward contract, respectively, from the December 2016 ASR settled in February 2017.