#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include<iostream>
#include<iomanip>
#include<string>
#include<algorithm>
#include<vector>
#include<set>
#include<list>
#include<queue>
#include<math.h>
#include<bitset>
using ll = long long;
using namespace std;

int main(){
    int x, y;
    cin >> x >> y;
    cout << max(abs(x), abs(y)) << endl;
}