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Fair Value Measures - Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis (Detail) - Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Jan. 31, 2022 | Oct. 31, 2021
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Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Total assets | $ 569,746 | $ 680,175
Total liabilities | 334,329 | 345,888
Deferred compensation plan liabilities |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Other long-term liabilities | 328,765 | 343,820
Foreign currency derivative contracts |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Prepaid and other current assets | 17,555 | 15,472
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 5,564 | 2,068
Cash equivalents | Money market funds |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Cash equivalents | 75,680 | 172,934
Short-term investments | U.S. government agency & T-bills |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments | 8,064 | 6,442
Short-term investments | Municipal bonds |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments | 3,912 | 4,576
Short-term investments | Corporate debt securities |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments | 103,414 | 103,452
Short-term investments | Asset-backed securities |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments | 32,358 | 33,479
Deferred compensation plan assets |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Other long-term assets | 328,763 | 343,820
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Total assets | 404,443 | 516,754
Total liabilities | 328,765 | 343,820
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Deferred compensation plan liabilities |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Other long-term liabilities | 328,765 | 343,820
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Foreign currency derivative contracts |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Prepaid and other current assets |  |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |  |
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Cash equivalents | Money market funds |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Cash equivalents | 75,680 | 172,934
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Short-term investments | U.S. government agency & T-bills |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments |  |
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Short-term investments | Municipal bonds |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments |  |
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Short-term investments | Corporate debt securities |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments |  |
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Short-term investments | Asset-backed securities |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments |  |
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Deferred compensation plan assets |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Other long-term assets | 328,763 | 343,820
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Total assets | 165,303 | 163,421
Total liabilities | 5,564 | 2,068
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Deferred compensation plan liabilities |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Other long-term liabilities |  | 0
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Foreign currency derivative contracts |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Prepaid and other current assets | 17,555 | 15,472
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 5,564 | 2,068
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Cash equivalents | Money market funds |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Cash equivalents |  |
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Short-term investments | U.S. government agency & T-bills |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments | 8,064 | 6,442
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Short-term investments | Municipal bonds |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments | 3,912 | 4,576
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Short-term investments | Corporate debt securities |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments | 103,414 | 103,452
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Short-term investments | Asset-backed securities |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments | 32,358 | 33,479
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Deferred compensation plan assets |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Other long-term assets |  |
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Total assets | 0 | 0
Total liabilities | 0 | 0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Deferred compensation plan liabilities |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Other long-term liabilities |  | 0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Foreign currency derivative contracts |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Prepaid and other current assets |  |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |  |
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Cash equivalents | Money market funds |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Cash equivalents |  |
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Short-term investments | U.S. government agency & T-bills |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments |  |
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Short-term investments | Municipal bonds |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments |  |
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Short-term investments | Corporate debt securities |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments |  |
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Short-term investments | Asset-backed securities |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments |  |
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Deferred compensation plan assets |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Other long-term assets |  |

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