import java.io.*; import java.util.*; public class Main { static int count; public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { Scanner sc = new Scanner(); int n = sc.nextInt(); int k = sc.nextInt(); if (n == 1) { System.out.println(1); } else if (k == n - 1) { System.out.println(n); } else { System.out.println(n - 1); } } } class Scanner { BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in)); StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(""); public Scanner() throws Exception { } public int nextInt() throws Exception { return Integer.parseInt(next()); } public long nextLong() throws Exception { return Long.parseLong(next()); } public double nextDouble() throws Exception { return Double.parseDouble(next()); } public String next() throws Exception { if (!st.hasMoreTokens()) { st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine()); } return st.nextToken(); } }