Debt Instrument, Interest Rate Floor

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Debt Instrument, LIBOR Interest Floor

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Debt Instrument, Prepayment Premium

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Amount of amortization expense attributable to debt issuance costs.

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

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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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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 including both interest and principal payments.

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Face (par) amount of the original debt instrument that was repurchased.

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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt discount.

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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM DEBT (Details) - USD ($)				6 Months Ended
SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM DEBT (Details) - USD ($)	Jan. 30, 2017	Apr. 25, 2016	Jul. 15, 2014	Apr. 30, 2017	Apr. 30, 2016	Jan. 31, 2017	Oct. 31, 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amortization of debt issuance costs included in interest expense				$ 200,000	$ 300,000
Secured debt \| Term Loan 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs, net	$ 2,900,000			3,470,000
Term loan principal amount	400,000,000					$ 400,000,000
Principal Balance	399,500,000			399,000,000
Installment payments	1,000,000
Original discount	$ 500,000			2,153,000
Debt instrument, prepayment premium	1.00%
Secured debt \| Term Loan 2019 and Term Loan 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs, net	$ 3,500,000			3,500,000			$ 4,900,000
Amortization of debt issuance costs included in interest expense				500,000	400,000
Repurchased face amount	493,100,000
Original discount	$ 1,700,000
Secured debt \| Term loan 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term loan principal amount			$ 250,000,000
Installment payments			$ 600,000
Secured debt \| Term loan 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term loan principal amount		$ 250,000,000
Installment payments		$ 600,000
Convertible senior notes \| Convertible senior notes due 2017, 2018 and 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs, net				2,900,000			$ 3,900,000
Amortization of debt issuance costs included in interest expense				$ 1,000,000	$ 1,400,000
London Interbank offered rate (LIBOR) \| Secured debt \| Term Loan 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, LIBOR interest floor	0.75%
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate	2.50%
Base rate \| Secured debt \| Term Loan 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate	1.50%
Debt instrument, interest rate floor	1.75%