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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
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Debt (Textual) (Details) - USD ($)			6 Months Ended
Debt (Textual) (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 12, 2018	Nov. 10, 2017	May 05, 2018	Apr. 29, 2017	Oct. 28, 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from debt			$ 743,778,000	$ 11,156,164,000
Repayments of debt			1,620,000,000	$ 0
Debt, current			$ 56,000,000		$ 300,000,000
Unsecured debt term
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from debt, net	$ 743,800,000
Unsecured debt term \| 2020 Notes, due March 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from debt	$ 300,000,000
Interest rate	2.85%
Unsecured debt term \| 2021 Notes, due January 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from debt	$ 450,000,000
Interest rate	2.95%
Unsecured debt term \| 5-Year term loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt term		5 years	5 years
Repayments of debt			$ 750,000,000
Unsecured debt term \| 3-Year term loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt term		3 years	3 years
Repayments of debt		$ 300,000,000	$ 570,000,000