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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2017	Oct. 31, 2022	Oct. 31, 2021	Oct. 31, 2020	Oct. 31, 2019
Taxes [Line Items]
Increase in valuation allowance		$ 24,100,000
Decrease in gross unrecognized tax benefits		1,200,000
Gross unrecognized tax benefits		81,183,000	$ 82,360,000	$ 83,149,000
Unrecognized tax benefits affecting effective tax rate		81,200,000	82,400,000
The sum of the amounts of estimated penalties and interest recognized in the period arising from income tax examinations		800,000	400,000	200,000
The amount of estimated penalties and interest accrued as of the balance sheet date arising from income tax examinations		12,700,000	13,500,000
Decrease in unrecognized tax benefits resulting from settlement with taxing authorities		1,104,000	1,538,000
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) \| Fiscal Year 2020
Taxes [Line Items]
Decrease in unrecognized tax benefits resulting from settlement with taxing authorities			$ 7,100,000
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) \| Fiscal Year 2019
Taxes [Line Items]
Decrease in unrecognized tax benefits resulting from settlement with taxing authorities				6,300,000
California Franchise Tax Board \| Fiscal Year 2015 to 2017
Taxes [Line Items]
Increase in valuation allowance				20,200,000
Decrease in unrecognized tax benefits resulting from settlement with taxing authorities				20,200,000
Hungary \| Fiscal Year 2011 to 2013
Taxes [Line Items]
Gross unrecognized tax benefits					$ 17,400,000
The sum of the amounts of estimated penalties and interest recognized in the period arising from income tax examinations	$ 11,000,000
Proposed tax assessment	$ 25,000,000
Hungary \| Fiscal Year 2014 To 2018
Taxes [Line Items]
Decrease in unrecognized tax benefits resulting from settlement with taxing authorities				6,900,000
Tax impact from tax settlements				$ 1,400,000
Minimum
Taxes [Line Items]
Estimated potential decrease in underlying unrecognized tax benefits, minimum		0.0
Maximum
Taxes [Line Items]
Estimated potential decrease in underlying unrecognized tax benefits, minimum		$ 28,000,000