Award terms as to how many shares or portion of an award are no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, thereby giving the employee the legal right to convert the award to shares, to sell the shares, and be entitled to the cash proceeds of such sale.

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Stock-Based Compensation (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Stock-Based Compensation (Details) (USD $)	Aug. 02, 2013 Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Awards	Aug. 03, 2012 Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Awards	May 03, 2013 Performance Share Awards	May 04, 2012 Performance Share Awards	Aug. 02, 2013 Performance Share Awards	Aug. 02, 2013 Stock Option Awards	Oct. 31, 2012 Stock Option Awards	Aug. 02, 2013 Stock Option Awards Officers	Aug. 02, 2013 Stock Option Awards Other employees	Aug. 02, 2013 Stock Option Awards Non-employee directors	Aug. 02, 2013 Stock Option Awards Non-officer employees
Stock-Based Compensation
Frequency of grants					On an annual basis in the first quarter of the company's fiscal year			On an annual basis in the first quarter of the company's fiscal year	On an annual basis in the first quarter of the company's fiscal year	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							0.333	0.333	0.333
Award vesting period	3 years				3 years			3 years	3 years	3 years	3 years
Term of award								10 years	10 years	10 years	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
Valuation assumptions of stock-based compensation
Expected life of option						6 years	6 years
Expected volatility, low end of range (as a percent)						35.18%	34.87%
Expected volatility, high end of range (as a percent)						35.19%	35.02%
Weighted-average volatility (as a percent)						35.19%	35.01%
Risk-free interest rate (as a percent)						0.88%	1.20%
Expected dividend yield, low end of range (as a percent)						1.04%	1.31%
Expected dividend yield, high end of range (as a percent)						1.07%	1.40%
Weighted-average dividend yield (as a percent)						1.07%	1.32%
Grant date per share weighted-average fair value	$ 46.22	$ 33.61	$ 42.06	$ 28.24		$ 13.03	$ 8.56
Performance goal period					3 years
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					0