/* -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 *
 * 857.cc:  No.857 素振り - yukicoder
 */

#include<cstdio>
#include<cstdlib>
#include<cstring>
#include<cmath>
#include<iostream>
#include<string>
#include<vector>
#include<map>
#include<set>
#include<stack>
#include<list>
#include<queue>
#include<deque>
#include<algorithm>
#include<numeric>
#include<utility>
#include<complex>
#include<functional>
 
using namespace std;

/* constant */

/* typedef */

typedef long long ll;

/* global variables */

/* subroutines */

/* main */

int main() {
  ll x, y, z;
  scanf("%lld%lld%lld", &x, &y, &z);

  if (z >= y) z -= 2;
  else if (z >= x) z--;

  printf("%lld\n", z);
  return 0;
}