Stock Repurchase Program (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2017

Stock Repurchase Program [Abstract]

Stock Repurchase And Reissuance Activities

Stock repurchase activities are as follow:

	Three Months Ended   April 30,				Six Months Ended   April 30,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
	(in thousands)
Total shares repurchased (1)	1,381		515		2,775		4,364
Total cost of the repurchased shares(1)	$	100,000	$	20,000	$	180,000	$	200,000
Reissuance of treasury stock	1,502		1,261		1,870		1,462

(1) Does not include the 265,894 shares and $20.0 million equity forward contract, respectively, from the February 2017 ASR settled in May 2017.