Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Principal, Percent

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Master Credit Agreement Amount

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Term Loan, Increase Limit

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Amount of short-term debt and current maturity of long-term debt and capital lease obligations due within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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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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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of cash paid for interest, including, but not limited to, capitalized interest and payment to settle zero-coupon bond attributable to accreted interest of debt discount and debt instrument with insignificant coupon interest rate in relation to effective interest rate of borrowing attributable to accreted interest of debt discount; classified as operating and investing activities.

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-Publisher FASB
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Amount of long-term debt and capital lease obligations including current maturities.

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Long-Term Obligations and Commitments - Long-Term Debt (Details) - USD ($)		12 Months Ended
	Feb. 01, 2016	Jul. 31, 2018	Jul. 31, 2017	Jul. 31, 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Short-term debt		$ 50,000,000	$ 50,000,000
Interest paid		19,000,000	42,000,000	$ 37,000,000
Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest paid		13,000,000	$ 11,000,000	$ 4,000,000
February 1, 2016 Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, term	5 years
Master credit agreement principal amount	$ 1,500,000,000
February 1, 2016 Credit Agreement \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Periodic payment, principal, percent	2.50%
February 1, 2016 Credit Agreement \| Term Loan \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term loan amount outstanding	$ 500,000,000	438,000,000
Term loan, increase limit	$ 500,000,000
Short-term debt		$ 50,000,000
February 1, 2016 Credit Agreement \| Term Loan \| Line of Credit \| Minimum \| Base Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.125%
February 1, 2016 Credit Agreement \| Term Loan \| Line of Credit \| Minimum \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.125%
February 1, 2016 Credit Agreement \| Term Loan \| Line of Credit \| Maximum \| Base Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.875%
February 1, 2016 Credit Agreement \| Term Loan \| Line of Credit \| Maximum \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.875%