#include <string>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cctype>
#include <cstring>
#include <cstdio>
#include <algorithm>
#include <vector>
#include <map>
#include <set>
#include <queue>
#include <stack>
#include <numeric>
#include <bitset>
#include <list>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <functional>
#include <utility>
#include <iomanip>
#include <ctime>
#include <valarray>
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
typedef long long LL;
typedef unsigned long long ULL;
#define MEM(a,b) memset((a),(b),sizeof(a))
const LL INF = 1e9 + 7;
const int N = 2e5 + 10;

int main()
{
	//freopen("input.txt", "r", stdin);
	//freopen("output.txt", "w", stdout);
	int n, k;
	cin >> n >> k;
	if (k == 0 || k > n)
	{
		puts("0");
		return 0;
	}
	if (k == n - k + 1) printf("%d\n", n - 1);
	else printf("%d\n", n - 2);
	return 0;
}