#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <cmath>
#include <map>
#include <set>
#include <iomanip>
#include <queue>
#include <algorithm>
#include <numeric>
#include <deque>
#include <complex>
#include <cassert>

using namespace std;
using ll = long long;

int main(){

    int K, N;
    cin >> N >> K;
    if (N == 1 && K == 1) cout << 1 << endl;
    else if (K == N-1) cout << N << endl;
    else cout << N-1 << endl;

    return 0;
}