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Debt Instrument, Convertible, Period After Consecutive Trading Days

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Debt Instrument, Redemption, Sales Price as a Percentage of Conversion Price

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Derivative Instrument, Hedge Exercised, Shares Received on Transaction

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Derivative Instrument, Hedge Exercised, Underlying Debt Instrument Amount

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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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Percentage Of Closing Sale Price In Excess Of Convertible Notes

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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 number of shares issued in exchange for the original debt being converted in a noncash (or part noncash) transaction. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or payments in the period.

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The amount of the original debt being converted in a noncash (or part noncash) transaction. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period.

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

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Ratio applied to the conversion of debt instrument into equity with equity shares divided by debt principal amount.

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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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Threshold number of specified trading days that common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instruments must exceed threshold percentage within a specified consecutive trading period to trigger conversion feature.

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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Convertible Senior Notes, Net - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2023 USD ($) tradingDay $ / shares shares	Jan. 31, 2022 shares	Jan. 31, 2021 shares	Mar. 01, 2020	Feb. 28, 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share (in shares)	28,819	27,573	25,156
Convertible debt securities
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share (in shares)	0	356	832
2023 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of shares available for purchase	100
Limitation on sale of common stock, sale price threshold, number of trading days \| tradingDay	80
Per share value, shares issuable under warrants granted (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 68.06
Number of warrants outstanding (in shares)	1,000
2025 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Initial cap price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 255.88
2025 Notes \| Convertible debt securities
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share (in shares)	6,000
2026 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price percentage	130.00%
Initial cap price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 360.14
2026 Notes \| Convertible debt securities
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share (in shares)	5,000
Senior Notes \| 2023 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fixed interest rate					0.25%
Initial conversion rate of common stock	0.0206795
Conversion price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 48.36
Debt conversion, original debt amount \| $	$ 17
Effective interest rate	0.85%	5.68%	5.68%
Hedge exercised, underlying debt instrument amount \| $	$ 12
Senior Notes \| 2025 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fixed interest rate				0.125%
Initial conversion rate of common stock	0.0052991
Conversion price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 188.71
Effective interest rate	0.43%	4.10%	4.10%
Limit within threshold of consecutive trading days \| tradingDay	20
Limitation on sale of common stock, sale price threshold, trading period \| tradingDay	30
Sales price as a percentage of conversion price	130.00%
Number of consecutive business days \| tradingDay	5
Percentage of closing sale price in excess of convertible notes	98.00%
Redemption price percentage	100.00%
Senior Notes \| 2026 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fixed interest rate	0.375%
Initial conversion rate of common stock	0.0041912
Conversion price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 238.60
Effective interest rate	0.60%	5.75%	5.75%
Limit within threshold of consecutive trading days \| tradingDay	20
Limitation on sale of common stock, sale price threshold, trading period \| tradingDay	30
Sales price as a percentage of conversion price	130.00%
Number of consecutive business days \| tradingDay	5
Percentage of closing sale price in excess of convertible notes	98.00%
Redemption price percentage	100.00%
Class A Common Stock \| Senior Notes \| 2023 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Shares issued to settle debt	400
Hedge exercised, number of shares received	100