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Stock Repurchase Program (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2014
StockRepurchaseProgram [Abstract] |
Stock Repurchase And Reissuance Activities | Stock repurchase activities are as follow:
| Three Months Ended July 31, |  | Nine Months Ended July 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
| (in thousands, except per share price)
Shares repurchased | — |  |  | 970 |  |  | 2,050 |  |  | 1,973 |
Average purchase price per share | $ | — |  |  | $ | 36.10 |  |  | $ | 38.90 |  |  | $ | 35.49 |
Aggregate purchase price | $ | — |  |  | $ | 35,000 |  |  | $ | 79,747 |  |  | $ | 69,999 |
Reissuance of treasury stock | 931 |  |  | 1,712 |  |  | 3,519 |  |  | 5,422 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of treasury stock, including, but not limited to, average cost per share, description of share repurchase program, shares repurchased, shares held for each class of treasury stock. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6405834&loc=d3e23285-112656 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6405834&loc=d3e23315-112656 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 30 -Section 45 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6405813&loc=d3e23239-112655 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6405834&loc=d3e23309-112656 + Details
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