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Reconciliation of Weighted Average Shares Outstanding and Share Repurchases (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Oct. 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):
|  | Three Months Ended October 31, |  |  | Six Months Ended October 31, |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Weighted average shares outstanding |  |  | 57,013 |  |  |  | 57,759 |  |  |  | 57,100 |  |  |  | 57,717 |
Less: Unearned restricted shares |  |  | (138 | ) |  |  | (221 | ) |  |  | (152 | ) |  |  | (223 | )
Shares used for basic earnings per share |  |  | 56,875 |  |  |  | 57,538 |  |  |  | 56,948 |  |  |  | 57,494 |
Dilutive effect of stock options and other stock awards |  |  | 679 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 685 |  |  |  | 765 |
Shares used for diluted earnings per share |  |  | 57,554 |  |  |  | 57,538 |  |  |  | 57,633 |  |  |  | 58,259 |

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- Definition 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). + References 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 + Details
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