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Stock Repurchase Program (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2019
Stock Repurchase Program [Abstract] |
Stock Repurchase And Reissuance Activities | Stock repurchase activities are as follows:
| Three Months Ended July 31, |  | Nine Months Ended July 31,
| 2019 (1) |  | 2018 |  | 2019 (1)(2) |  | 2018
| (in thousands)
Total shares repurchased(3)(4) | 775 |  |  | 1,509 |  |  | 1,901 |  |  | 4,411 |
Total cost of the repurchased shares (4) | $ | 100,000 |  |  | $ | 132,000 |  |  | $ | 209,185 |  |  | $ | 387,000 |
Reissuance of treasury stock | 1,166 |  |  | 1,107 |  |  | 3,009 |  |  | 2,527 |
(1) | Does not include the 90,202 shares or $20.0 million equity forward contract from the June 2019 ASR settled in August 2019.
(2) | The third quarter of fiscal 2019 includes the settlement of the 97,601 shares or $20.0 million equity forward contract from the February 2019 ASR settled in May 2019.
(3) | The first quarter of fiscal 2018 includes the settlement of the $20.0 million equity forward contract related to the Company's accelerated share repurchase agreement entered into in September 2017.
(4) The Company also repurchased 0.4 million shares at an average price of $82.61 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $35.0 million during the second quarter of fiscal 2018.

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