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Derivative Instrument, Hedge Exercised And Net-Share-Settled, Shares Received on Transaction

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Derivative Instrument, Number Of Shares Available For Purchase

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Initial Cap Price per Share, Capped Calls

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Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Number of warrants or rights outstanding.

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The price per share of the conversion feature embedded in the debt instrument.

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Threshold period of specified consecutive trading days within which common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instrument must exceed threshold percentage for specified number of trading days to trigger conversion feature.

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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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Convertible Senior Notes, Net - Note Hedges, Warrants and Capped Calls (Details) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jul. 31, 2022 USD ($) tradingDay $ / shares shares	Jul. 31, 2021 shares
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share (in shares)		29,106	27,678
2023 convertible senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of shares available for purchase (in shares)	100	100
Limitation on sale of common stock due to sale price threshold (in days) \| tradingDay		80
Value of shares issuable under warrants granted (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 68.06	$ 68.06
Number of warrants issued subject to anti-dilution adjustments (in shares)	1,000	1,000
2025 convertible senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Initial cap price of capped calls (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 255.88
2026 convertible senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Initial cap price of capped calls (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		360.14
Senior Notes \| 2023 convertible senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Conversion price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 48.36	$ 48.36
Hedge exercised and net-share-settled, consideration received on transaction \| $	$ 10.0	$ 12.0
Limitation on sale of common stock due to sale price threshold (in days) \| tradingDay		30
Senior Notes \| 2023 convertible senior notes \| Class A Common Stock
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Hedge exercised and net-share-settled, consideration received on transaction (in shares)	100	100
Senior Notes \| 2025 convertible senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Conversion price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 188.71	$ 188.71
Limitation on sale of common stock due to sale price threshold (in days) \| tradingDay		30
Senior Notes \| 2026 convertible senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Conversion price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 238.60	$ 238.60
Limitation on sale of common stock due to sale price threshold (in days) \| tradingDay		30
Shares related to convertible senior notes \| 2023 convertible senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share (in shares)		108	356
Shares related to convertible senior notes \| 2025 convertible senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share (in shares)		5,617	5,617
Shares related to convertible senior notes \| 2026 convertible senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share (in shares)		4,820	4,820