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Reconciliation of Weighted Average Shares Outstanding and Share Repurchases (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2017

Reconciliation of Weighted Average Shares Outstanding and Share Repurchases [Abstract]

Reconciliation of Shares used in Computation of Earnings Per Share

A reconciliation of the shares used in the computation of earnings per share follows (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended January 31,
	2017		2016
Weighted average shares outstanding	57,188		57,665
Less: Unearned restricted shares	(172)		(227)
Shares used for basic earnings per share	57,016		57,438
Dilutive effect of stock options and other stock awards	693		738
Shares used for diluted earnings per share	57,709		58,176

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Tabular disclosure of the weighted average number of shares used in calculating basic net earnings per share (or unit) and diluted earnings per share (or unit).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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