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NET INCOME PER SHARE (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Oct. 27, 2012
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted | The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income per share:
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended
|  | October 27, 2012 |  | October 29, 2011 |  | October 27, 2012 |  | October 29, 2011
Numerator - net income attributable to Methode Electronics, Inc. |  | $ | 23,363 |  |  | $ | 311 |  |  | $ | 27,251 |  |  | $ | 1,806 |
Denominator: |  | — |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |
Denominator for basic net income per share-weighted average shares |  | 37,413,490 |  |  | 37,309,890 |  |  | 37,402,660 |  |  | 37,293,598 |
Dilutive potential common shares |  | 562,069 |  |  | 210,357 |  |  | 518,072 |  |  | 223,400 |
Denominator for diluted net income per share-adjusted weighted average shares and assumed conversions |  | 37,975,559 |  |  | 37,520,247 |  |  | 37,920,732 |  |  | 37,516,998 |
Net income per share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic |  | $ | 0.62 |  |  | $ | 0.01 |  |  | $ | 0.73 |  |  | $ | 0.05 |
Diluted |  | $ | 0.62 |  |  | $ | 0.01 |  |  | $ | 0.72 |  |  | $ | 0.05 |

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