Line of Credit, Covenant, Maximum Annual Share Repurchase

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Line of Credit, Covenant, Minimum Cash on Hand Before Dividends are Paid

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Line of credit facility, covenant, amount minimum tangible net worth.

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Line of credit facility, covenant, amount minimum working capital.

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Line of credit facility, covenant, amount of allowable Investment.

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Maximum borrowing capacity in alternative currencies under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Date the credit facility terminates, in YYYY-MM-DD format.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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CREDIT AGREEMENTS AND BORROWINGS (Narrative) (Details) € in Millions, ¥ in Millions, $ in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2022 TWD ($)	Oct. 31, 2022 CNY (¥)	Oct. 31, 2022 EUR (€)	Mar. 31, 2020 TWD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 CNY (¥)
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit amount outstanding	$ 0.0
Line Of Credit Agreement 2018 [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity	40.0
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity in alternative currencies	$ 20.0
Variable interest rate	0.00%
Minimum working capital requirement	$ 125.0
Minimum tangible net worth requirement	$ 176.5
Line of credit, maturity date	Dec. 31, 2023
Allowable investments in alternative investments	$ 10.0
Borrowings available under credit facility	50.6
Line of Credit, covenant, minimum cash on hand before dividends are paid	10.0
Line of Credit, covenant, maximum annual share repurchase	25.0
Hurco BV [Member] \| Line Of Credit Agreement 2018 [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity	$ 20.0
Germany [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity \| €				€ 1.5
Federal funds \| Line Of Credit Agreement 2018 [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Variable interest rate	0.50%
SOFR \| Line Of Credit Agreement 2018 [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Variable interest rate	1.00%
Letter of Credit [Member] \| Line Of Credit Agreement 2018 [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity	$ 10.0
Stated interest rate	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%
Taiwan credit facility [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity		$ 150.0			$ 150.0
China credit facility [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity \| ¥			¥ 32.5			¥ 32.5