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Components of Income before Income Taxes (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2015	Jan. 31, 2014	Jan. 31, 2013
Schedule Of Income Loss From Continuing Operations [Line Items]
Domestic	$ 328,479us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic	$ 375,793us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic	$ 340,536us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic
Foreign	34,971us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign	51,725us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign	35,036us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign
Income before income taxes	$ 363,450us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	$ 427,518us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	$ 375,572us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments

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The portion of earnings or loss from continuing operations before income taxes that is attributable to domestic operations.

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The portion of earnings or loss from continuing operations before income taxes that is attributable to foreign operations, which is defined as Income or Loss generated from operations located outside the entity's country of domicile.

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Sum of operating profit and nonoperating income or expense before Income or Loss from equity method investments, income taxes, extraordinary items, and noncontrolling interest.

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