Tax Cuts And Jobs Act, Incomplete Accounting, Provisional Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

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Tax Cuts And Jobs Act, Incomplete Accounting, Provisional Undistributed Accumulated Earnings Of Foreign Subsidiary, Existing Unrecognized Deferred Tax Liability

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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Incomplete Accounting, Change in Tax Rate, Provisional Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

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Amount after tax of increase (decrease) to equity or (increase) decrease to net assets, resulting from the cumulative effect adjustment of a new accounting principle applied in the period of adoption.

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Amount, after allocation of valuation allowances and deferred tax liability, of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible differences and carryforwards, with jurisdictional netting.

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Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jul. 31, 2018	Oct. 31, 2018	Oct. 31, 2017
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Provisional tax expense	$ 503,700
Remeasurement of net DTA	431,300
U.S. transition tax	45,600
Unrecognized deferred income tax liability	23,000
Cumulative adjustment			$ 62,123
Deferred tax asset, net	724,087		1,155,104
Valuation allowance	$ 144,865		185,898
Scenario, Forecast
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Blended federal tax rate		23.40%
Retained earnings
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Cumulative adjustment			61,291
ASU 2016-09, Excess tax benefit component
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Deferred tax asset, net			62,100
ASU 2016-09, Excess tax benefit component \| Retained earnings
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Cumulative adjustment			$ 62,100