EARNINGS PER SHARE DATA

3 Months Ended

Jan. 27, 2019

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

EARNINGS PER SHARE DATA

EARNINGS PER SHARE DATA

The reported net earnings attributable to the Company were used when computing basic and diluted earnings per share.  The following table sets forth the shares used as the denominator for those computations:

	Three Months Ended
(in thousands)	January 27, 2019	January 28, 2018
Basic weighted-average shares outstanding	534,495	529,453
Dilutive potential common shares	12,623	14,029
Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding	547,118	543,482

For the three months ended January 27, 2019, a total of 1.1 million weighted-average stock options were not included in the computation of dilutive potential common shares since their inclusion would have had an antidilutive effect on earnings per share, compared to 5.4 million, for the three months ended January 28, 2018.