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Taxes on Earnings (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | Deferred tax assets and liabilities included in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets were as follows:
| As of
| April 30, 2018 |  | October 31, 2017
| In millions
Deferred tax assets - long-term | $ | 5,896 |  |  | $ | 4,663 |
Deferred tax liabilities - long-term | (234 | ) |  | (104 | )
Deferred tax assets net of deferred tax liabilities | $ | 5,662 |  |  | $ | 4,559 |

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