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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Exercise Price Per Share

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement, By Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested In Period, Grant Date Fair Value.

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Target Percentage

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Amount related to stock based compensation.

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Amount of cost not yet recognized for nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Weighted-average period over which cost not yet recognized is expected to be recognized for award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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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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Number of shares authorized for issuance under share-based payment arrangement.

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Amount of accumulated difference between fair value of underlying shares on dates of exercise and exercise price on options exercised (or share units converted) into shares.

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Amount of stock repurchase plan authorized.

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The number of shares authorized to be repurchased by an entity's Board of Directors under a stock repurchase plan.

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Amount remaining of a stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Stock-Based Compensation and Shareholders' Equity - Textual (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Jan. 30, 2021	May 01, 2021	Jul. 31, 2021	Aug. 01, 2020	Oct. 31, 2020
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Total intrinsic value of options exercised			$ 79.1	$ 61.7
Total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested share-based awards, before tax consideration			$ 337.9
Weighted-average period to recognize compensation cost			1 year 4 months 24 days
Total grant-date fair value of vested stock options			$ 114.7	$ 157.9
Number of shares authorized to be repurchased (in shares)			159,000
Stock repurchase program, remaining authorized repurchase amount			$ 1,400.0
Inventories
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation			6.0		$ 5.8
Performance Stock Option
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares authorized (in shares)	460
Exercise price per share (in dollars per share)	$ 144.06
Award vesting period	5 years
Average closing price period	70 days
Maxim \| Performance-based Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period		2 years
Units granted (in shares)		121
Minimum \| Performance Stock Option
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Target percentage	0.00%
Minimum \| Maxim \| Performance-based Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Target percentage		0.00%
Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock repurchase program, authorized amount			$ 6,700.0
Maximum \| Performance Stock Option
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Target percentage	100.00%
Maximum \| Maxim \| Performance-based Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Target percentage		200.00%