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Debt Instrument, Covenant, EBITDA To Annual Interest Expense Ratio, Minimum

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Debt Instrument, Maturity Date Extension

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Line Of Credit Facility, Increase Limit

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Term Loan, Increase Limit

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

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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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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Amount of cash paid for interest, excluding capitalized interest, classified as operating activity. Includes, but is not limited to, payment to settle zero-coupon bond for 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.

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Fair value of the amount outstanding under the credit facility.

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Amount of cash outflow for payment of an obligation from a lender, including but not limited to, letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements.

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Current Liabilities - Narrative (Details)			3 Months Ended
Current Liabilities - Narrative (Details)	Feb. 01, 2021 USD ($)	May 02, 2019 USD ($) extension	Oct. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of lines of credit			$ 0	$ 1,000,000,000
Amendment to Master Credit Agreement \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount		$ 1,400,000,000
Debt to EBITDA ratio (not greater than)		3.25
EBITDA to interest payable ratio (not less than)		3.00
Amendment to Master Credit Agreement \| Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unsecured revolving credit facility		$ 1,000,000,000
Revolving credit facility, increase limit		$ 250,000,000
Unsecured revolving credit facility extension \| extension		2
Repayments of lines of credit				1,000,000,000
Fair value of amount outstanding			0
Interest paid			0	1,000,000
Amendment to Master Credit Agreement \| Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Base Rate \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		0.00%
Amendment to Master Credit Agreement \| Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Base Rate \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		0.10%
Amendment to Master Credit Agreement \| Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| LIBOR \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		0.69%
Amendment to Master Credit Agreement \| Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| LIBOR \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		1.10%
Amendment to Master Credit Agreement \| Line of Credit \| Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Payment on short-term debt	$ 325,000,000
Term loan, increase limit		$ 400,000,000
Amendment to Master Credit Agreement \| Line of Credit \| Term Loan \| Base Rate \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		0.00%
Amendment to Master Credit Agreement \| Line of Credit \| Term Loan \| Base Rate \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		0.125%
Amendment to Master Credit Agreement \| Line of Credit \| Term Loan \| LIBOR \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		0.625%
Amendment to Master Credit Agreement \| Line of Credit \| Term Loan \| LIBOR \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		1.125%
Amendment to Master Credit Agreement \| Unsecured Debt \| Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount		$ 400,000,000
Interest paid			$ 0	$ 1,000,000