STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Oct. 31, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Oct. 31, 2013 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Stock-Based Compensation
Total compensation cost for stock-based awards	$ 10,424	$ 11,291	$ 10,237
Tax benefit realized for tax deductions from stock-based awards	$ 12,925	12,988	10,614
Common stock available for future grants (in shares) | shares	3,400,896
Certain members of the Board Of Directors
Stock-Based Compensation
Total compensation cost for stock-based awards	$ 412	$ 409	$ 438
Stock option awards
Granted (in shares) | shares	6,680	7,000	10,152
Stock Option Awards
Stock-Based Compensation
Total compensation cost for stock-based awards	$ 4,704	$ 5,142	$ 4,710
Stock option awards
Outstanding at the beginning of the period (in shares) | shares	3,049,652
Granted (in shares) | shares	292,013
Exercised (in shares) | shares	(410,428)
Cancelled (in shares) | shares	(16,145)
Expired (in shares) | shares	(371)
Outstanding at the end of the period (in shares) | shares	2,914,721	3,049,652
Exercisable at the end of the period (in shares) | shares	2,309,155
Stock options, weighted-average exercise price
Outstanding at the beginning of the period (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 29.04
Granted (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	62.74
Exercised (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	22.23
Cancelled/forfeited (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	60.98
Expired (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	59.50
Outstanding at the end of the period (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	33.21	$ 29.04
Exercisable at the end of the period (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 26.92
Stock options, weighted-average contractual life
Outstanding at the end of the period	5 years 2 months 12 days	5 years 4 months 24 days
Exercisable at the end of the period	4 years 4 months 24 days
Aggregate intrinsic value
Outstanding at the beginning of the period	$ 99,713
Outstanding at the end of the period	122,606	$ 99,713
Exercisable at the end of the period	111,644
Other stock-based compensation plan disclosures
Total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested awards	$ 1,769
Weighted-average period for recognition of compensation cost related to unvested awards	1 year 10 months 10 days
Total market value, intrinsic value and fair value of stock options exercised and vested
Market value of stock options exercised	$ 27,860	19,017	23,160
Intrinsic value of options exercised	$ 18,739	$ 12,311	$ 13,875
Valuation assumptions of stock-based compensation
Expected life of option in years	5 years 11 months 9 days	6 years	6 years
Expected stock price volatility (as a percent)	29.66%	34.29%	35.19%
Risk-free interest rate (as a percent)	1.61%	1.92%	0.88%
Expected dividend yield (as a percent)	1.29%	1.25%	1.07%
Weighted-average fair value at date of grant (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 16.81	$ 18.69	$ 13.03
Stock Option Awards | Executive officers
Stock-Based Compensation
Frequency of grants	On an annual basis in the first quarter of the company's fiscal year
Portion of stock-based award that generally vest per year for employees and non-employee directors	0.333
Award vesting period	3 years
Term of award	10 years
Stock Option Awards | Other employees
Stock-Based Compensation
Frequency of grants	On an annual basis in the first quarter of the company's fiscal year
Portion of stock-based award that generally vest per year for employees and non-employee directors	0.333
Award vesting period	3 years
Term of award	10 years
Stock Option Awards | Non-employee directors
Stock-Based Compensation
Frequency of grants	On an annual basis in the first quarter of the company's fiscal year
Portion of stock-based award that generally vest per year for employees and non-employee directors	0.333
Award vesting period	3 years
Term of award	10 years
Requisite service period for non-employee director based upon which fair value of options granted is expensed on the date of grant	10 years
Stock Option Awards | Non-officer employees
Stock-Based Compensation
Award vesting period	3 years
Term of award	10 years
Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units
Stock-Based Compensation
Total compensation cost for stock-based awards	$ 1,756	$ 1,653	$ 1,694
Portion of stock-based award that generally vest per year for employees and non-employee directors	0.333
Award vesting period	3 years
Other stock-based compensation plan disclosures
Total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested awards	$ 3,518
Weighted-average period for recognition of compensation cost related to unvested awards	2 years 5 months 5 days
Performance Share Awards
Stock-Based Compensation
Total compensation cost for stock-based awards	$ 3,964	$ 4,496	$ 3,833
Frequency of grants	On an annual basis in the first quarter of the company's fiscal year
Award vesting period	3 years
Other stock-based compensation plan disclosures
Total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested awards	$ 4,227
Weighted-average period for recognition of compensation cost related to unvested awards	1 year 8 months 9 days
Valuation assumptions of stock-based compensation
Maximum increase in the number of shares of common stock a participant receives based on the achievement of performance goals (as a percent)	200.00%
Potential lowest number of shares of common stock that could be received based on the achievement level of performance goals | shares	0