import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.InputMismatchException;

public class Main {
	static InputStream is;
	static PrintWriter out;
	static String INPUT = "";
	
	static void solve()
	{
		int n = ni(), K = ni();
		int mod = 998244353;
		int[][] fif = enumFIF(1000005, mod);
		long ans = 0;
		for(int one = n;one <= K;one++){
			int bal = one - (K-one);
			if(bal >= n){
				ans += C(K, one, mod, fif);
			}else if(bal > 0){
				int zero = n - bal;
//				if((K-one)-zero+1 <= 0)continue;
				// to (K-one, one)
				// prohibited y=x-(K-one)+zero-1
				// (a,b) y=x-c (d,a+b-d)
				// (a+d)/2-c = (a+2b-d)/2
				// a+d-2c=a+2b-d, d = b+c
				// (b+c,a-c)
				// (one+((K-one)-zero+1), K-one-((K-one)-zero+1))
				int x = one+((K-one)-zero+1);
				int y = K-one-((K-one)-zero+1);
				ans += C(K, one, mod, fif);
				if(y >= 0 && x >= 0){
					ans -= C(x+y, y, mod, fif);
				}
			}else if(bal == 0){
				ans += C(2*(K/2)-1, K/2-1, mod, fif) - C(2*(K/2)-1, n-2, mod, fif);
//				tr(C(2*(K/2)-1, K/2-1, mod, fif) - C(2*(K/2)-1, n-2, mod, fif));
			}
		}
		ans %= mod;
		if(ans < 0)ans += mod;
		out.println(ans);
	}
	
	public static long C(int n, int r, int mod, int[][] fif) {
		if (n < 0 || r < 0 || r > n)
			return 0;
		return (long) fif[0][n] * fif[1][r] % mod * fif[1][n - r] % mod;
	}

	
	public static int[][] enumFIF(int n, int mod) {
		int[] f = new int[n + 1];
		int[] invf = new int[n + 1];
		f[0] = 1;
		for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
			f[i] = (int) ((long) f[i - 1] * i % mod);
		}
		long a = f[n];
		long b = mod;
		long p = 1, q = 0;
		while (b > 0) {
			long c = a / b;
			long d;
			d = a;
			a = b;
			b = d % b;
			d = p;
			p = q;
			q = d - c * q;
		}
		invf[n] = (int) (p < 0 ? p + mod : p);
		for (int i = n - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
			invf[i] = (int) ((long) invf[i + 1] * (i + 1) % mod);
		}
		return new int[][] { f, invf };
	}

	
	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
	{
		long S = System.currentTimeMillis();
		is = INPUT.isEmpty() ? System.in : new ByteArrayInputStream(INPUT.getBytes());
		out = new PrintWriter(System.out);
		
		solve();
		out.flush();
		long G = System.currentTimeMillis();
		tr(G-S+"ms");
	}
	
	private static boolean eof()
	{
		if(lenbuf == -1)return true;
		int lptr = ptrbuf;
		while(lptr < lenbuf)if(!isSpaceChar(inbuf[lptr++]))return false;
		
		try {
			is.mark(1000);
			while(true){
				int b = is.read();
				if(b == -1){
					is.reset();
					return true;
				}else if(!isSpaceChar(b)){
					is.reset();
					return false;
				}
			}
		} catch (IOException e) {
			return true;
		}
	}
	
	private static byte[] inbuf = new byte[1024];
	static int lenbuf = 0, ptrbuf = 0;
	
	private static int readByte()
	{
		if(lenbuf == -1)throw new InputMismatchException();
		if(ptrbuf >= lenbuf){
			ptrbuf = 0;
			try { lenbuf = is.read(inbuf); } catch (IOException e) { throw new InputMismatchException(); }
			if(lenbuf <= 0)return -1;
		}
		return inbuf[ptrbuf++];
	}
	
	private static boolean isSpaceChar(int c) { return !(c >= 33 && c <= 126); }
//	private static boolean isSpaceChar(int c) { return !(c >= 32 && c <= 126); }
	private static int skip() { int b; while((b = readByte()) != -1 && isSpaceChar(b)); return b; }
	
	private static double nd() { return Double.parseDouble(ns()); }
	private static char nc() { return (char)skip(); }
	
	private static String ns()
	{
		int b = skip();
		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
		while(!(isSpaceChar(b))){
			sb.appendCodePoint(b);
			b = readByte();
		}
		return sb.toString();
	}
	
	private static char[] ns(int n)
	{
		char[] buf = new char[n];
		int b = skip(), p = 0;
		while(p < n && !(isSpaceChar(b))){
			buf[p++] = (char)b;
			b = readByte();
		}
		return n == p ? buf : Arrays.copyOf(buf, p);
	}
	
	private static char[][] nm(int n, int m)
	{
		char[][] map = new char[n][];
		for(int i = 0;i < n;i++)map[i] = ns(m);
		return map;
	}
	
	private static int[] na(int n)
	{
		int[] a = new int[n];
		for(int i = 0;i < n;i++)a[i] = ni();
		return a;
	}
	
	private static int ni()
	{
		int num = 0, b;
		boolean minus = false;
		while((b = readByte()) != -1 && !((b >= '0' && b <= '9') || b == '-'));
		if(b == '-'){
			minus = true;
			b = readByte();
		}
		
		while(true){
			if(b >= '0' && b <= '9'){
				num = num * 10 + (b - '0');
			}else{
				return minus ? -num : num;
			}
			b = readByte();
		}
	}
	
	private static long nl()
	{
		long num = 0;
		int b;
		boolean minus = false;
		while((b = readByte()) != -1 && !((b >= '0' && b <= '9') || b == '-'));
		if(b == '-'){
			minus = true;
			b = readByte();
		}
		
		while(true){
			if(b >= '0' && b <= '9'){
				num = num * 10 + (b - '0');
			}else{
				return minus ? -num : num;
			}
			b = readByte();
		}
	}
	
	private static void tr(Object... o) { if(INPUT.length() != 0)System.out.println(Arrays.deepToString(o)); }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 31828