import sys

# sys.setrecursionlimit(200005)
int1 = lambda x: int(x)-1
p2D = lambda x: print(*x, sep="\n")
def II(): return int(sys.stdin.readline())
def LI(): return list(map(int, sys.stdin.readline().split()))
def LLI(rows_number): return [LI() for _ in range(rows_number)]
def LI1(): return list(map(int1, sys.stdin.readline().split()))
def LLI1(rows_number): return [LI1() for _ in range(rows_number)]
def SI(): return sys.stdin.readline().rstrip()
# dij = [(0, 1), (-1, 0), (0, -1), (1, 0)]
# dij = [(0, 1), (-1, 0), (0, -1), (1, 0), (1, 1), (1, -1), (-1, 1), (-1, -1)]
inf = 18446744073709551615
# inf = 4294967295
md = 10**9+7
# md = 998244353

n,k=LI()

if n==1:
    print(1)
elif k==n-1:
    print(n)
else:
    print(n-1)