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Stock Repurchase Program (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2020
Stock Repurchase Program [Abstract] |
Stock Repurchase And Reissuance Activities | Stock repurchase activities as well as the reissuance of treasury stock for employee stock-based compensation purposes are as follows:
| Three Months Ended April 30, |  | Six Months Ended April 30,
| 2020(2) |  | 2019(1) |  | 2020(2) |  | 2019(1)
| (in thousands)
Total shares repurchased | 652 |  |  | 780 |  |  | 1,231 |  |  | 1,126 |
Total cost of the repurchased shares | $ | 100,000 |  |  | $ | 80,000 |  |  | $ | 180,000 |  |  | $ | 109,185 |
Reissuance of treasury stock | 1,358 |  |  | 1,486 |  |  | 1,808 |  |  | 1,843 |
(1) Does not include the 97,601 shares and $20.0 million equity forward contract, respectively, from the February 2019 ASR settled in May 2019. (2) Does not include the 148,953 shares and $20.0 million equity forward contract, respectively, from the February 2020 ASR settled in May 2020.

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