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Investment, Measurement Input

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Fair value portion of debt instrument payable, including, but not limited to, notes payable and loans payable.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 825
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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Amount of impairment loss on investment in equity security without readily determinable fair value.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 321
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (b)
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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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Fair value portion of investment securities, including, but not limited to, marketable securities, derivative financial instruments, and investments accounted for under the equity method.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
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-Section 50
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Fair Value Measurements - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Fair Value Measurements - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	Oct. 28, 2018	Oct. 29, 2017	Jan. 27, 2019	Jan. 28, 2018	Jan. 29, 2017
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Transfers of financial assets or liabilities between levels			$ 0	$ 0
Impairment of investments	$ 30,000,000	$ 4,300,000	30,000,000	$ 4,250,000	$ 0
Fair value of investment	$ 0
Level 2 \| Term loans
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of debt			115,300,000
Level 2 \| Revolving loans
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of debt			$ 97,000,000
Valuation Technique, Discounted Cash Flow \| Measurement Input, Cap Rate
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Investment, measurement input	38.80%