Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Principal, Percent

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Master Credit Agreement Amount

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Term Loan, Increase Limit

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Amount of short-term debt and current maturity of long-term debt and capital lease obligations due within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of the required periodic payments applied to principal.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of cash paid for interest, excluding capitalized interest, classified as operating activity. Includes, but is not limited to, payment to settle zero-coupon bond for accreted interest of debt discount and debt instrument with insignificant coupon interest rate in relation to effective interest rate of borrowing attributable to accreted interest of debt discount.

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- Definition

Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of long-term debt and capital lease obligations including current maturities.

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Long-Term Obligations and Commitments - Long Term Debt (Details) - USD ($)			9 Months Ended
	May 02, 2019	Feb. 01, 2016	Apr. 30, 2019	Apr. 30, 2018	Jul. 31, 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Short-term debt			$ 50,000,000		$ 50,000,000
February 1, 2016 Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, term		5 years
Master credit agreement		$ 1,500,000,000
February 1, 2016 Credit Agreement \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Periodic payment, principal, percent		2.50%
February 1, 2016 Credit Agreement \| Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest paid			11,000,000	$ 9,000,000
February 1, 2016 Credit Agreement \| Term Loan \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity		$ 500,000,000
Unsecured term loan			400,000,000
Term Loan, increase limit		$ 500,000,000
Short-term debt			$ 50,000,000
February 1, 2016 Credit Agreement \| Term Loan \| Line of Credit \| Base Rate \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		0.125%
February 1, 2016 Credit Agreement \| Term Loan \| Line of Credit \| Base Rate \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		0.875%
February 1, 2016 Credit Agreement \| Term Loan \| Line of Credit \| LIBOR \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		1.125%
February 1, 2016 Credit Agreement \| Term Loan \| Line of Credit \| LIBOR \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		1.875%
Subsequent event \| 2019 Amendment To Master Credit Agreement \| Term Loan \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity	$ 400,000,000
Term Loan, increase limit	400,000,000
Quarterly principal payment	$ 12,500,000
Subsequent event \| 2019 Amendment To Master Credit Agreement \| Term Loan \| Line of Credit \| Base Rate \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.00%
Subsequent event \| 2019 Amendment To Master Credit Agreement \| Term Loan \| Line of Credit \| Base Rate \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.125%
Subsequent event \| 2019 Amendment To Master Credit Agreement \| Term Loan \| Line of Credit \| LIBOR \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.625%
Subsequent event \| 2019 Amendment To Master Credit Agreement \| Term Loan \| Line of Credit \| LIBOR \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.125%