import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import java.io.PrintWriter; import java.math.BigDecimal; import java.math.RoundingMode; import java.util.*; import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock.WriteLock; import java.beans.Visibility; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileDescriptor; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.OutputStream; import java.io.UncheckedIOException; import java.lang.Thread.State; import java.lang.reflect.Field; import java.nio.CharBuffer; import java.nio.charset.CharacterCodingException; import java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder; import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets; public class Main { static final long MOD1=1000000007; static final long MOD=998244353; static long ans=0; public static void main(String[] args){ PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(System.out); InputReader sc=new InputReader(System.in); int n = sc.nextInt(); int k = sc.nextInt(); if (k==n-1) { System.out.println(n); }else { System.out.println(Math.max(1, n-1)); } } static class InputReader { private InputStream in; private byte[] buffer = new byte[1024]; private int curbuf; private int lenbuf; public InputReader(InputStream in) { this.in = in; this.curbuf = this.lenbuf = 0; } public boolean hasNextByte() { if (curbuf >= lenbuf) { curbuf = 0; try { lenbuf = in.read(buffer); } catch (IOException e) { throw new InputMismatchException(); } if (lenbuf <= 0) return false; } return true; } private int readByte() { if (hasNextByte()) return buffer[curbuf++]; else return -1; } private boolean isSpaceChar(int c) { return !(c >= 33 && c <= 126); } private void skip() { while (hasNextByte() && isSpaceChar(buffer[curbuf])) curbuf++; } public boolean hasNext() { skip(); return hasNextByte(); } public String next() { if (!hasNext()) throw new NoSuchElementException(); StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); int b = readByte(); while (!isSpaceChar(b)) { sb.appendCodePoint(b); b = readByte(); } return sb.toString(); } public int nextInt() { if (!hasNext()) throw new NoSuchElementException(); int c = readByte(); while (isSpaceChar(c)) c = readByte(); boolean minus = false; if (c == '-') { minus = true; c = readByte(); } int res = 0; do { if (c < '0' || c > '9') throw new InputMismatchException(); res = res * 10 + c - '0'; c = readByte(); } while (!isSpaceChar(c)); return (minus) ? -res : res; } public long nextLong() { if (!hasNext()) throw new NoSuchElementException(); int c = readByte(); while (isSpaceChar(c)) c = readByte(); boolean minus = false; if (c == '-') { minus = true; c = readByte(); } long res = 0; do { if (c < '0' || c > '9') throw new InputMismatchException(); res = res * 10 + c - '0'; c = readByte(); } while (!isSpaceChar(c)); return (minus) ? -res : res; } public double nextDouble() { return Double.parseDouble(next()); } public int[] nextIntArray(int n) { int[] a = new int[n]; for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) a[i] = nextInt(); return a; } public double[] nextDoubleArray(int n) { double[] a = new double[n]; for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) a[i] = nextDouble(); return a; } public long[] nextLongArray(int n) { long[] a = new long[n]; for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) a[i] = nextLong(); return a; } public char[][] nextCharMap(int n, int m) { char[][] map = new char[n][m]; for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) map[i] = next().toCharArray(); return map; } } }