#include <algorithm>
#include <bitset>
#include <cassert>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstring>
#include <ctime>
#include <deque>
#include <iostream>
#include <istream>
#include <iterator>
#include <list>
#include <map>
#include <new>
#include <ostream>
#include <queue>
#include <set>
#include <sstream>
#include <stack>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;
#if defined(__GNUC__) && __cplusplus <= 199711L
#include <tr1/unordered_map>
#include <tr1/unordered_set>
using tr1::unordered_map;
using tr1::unordered_set;
#else
#include <unordered_set>
#include <unordered_map>
#endif
#define    FOR(i,a,n)       for(register int i=(a),_=(n)+1;i<_;++i)
#define    FIR(i,n,a)       for(register int i=(n),_=(a)-1;i>_;--i)
#define    all(a)           (a).begin(),(a).end()
#define    vlb(a,n)         (lower_bound(all(a),n)-(a).begin())
#define    vub(a,n)         (upper_bound(all(a),n)-(a).begin())
#define    vlbx(a,n)        ((a)[(lower_bound(all(a),n)-(a).begin())])
#define    vubx(a,n)        ((a)[(upper_bound(all(a),n)-(a).begin())])
#define    reunique(a)      (a).resize(unique(all(a))-(a).begin())
#define    mem(a,b)         memset((a),(b),sizeof(a))
#define    sz(x)            (int((x).size()))
#define    lowbit(x)        ((x)&(-x))
#define    lch              p<<1,l,mid
#define    rch              p<<1|1,mid+1,r
#define    ll               (p<<1)
#define    rr               (p<<1|1)
#define    queues           priority_queue
#define    pb(...)          push_back(__VA_ARGS__)
#define    mp(a,b)          make_pair((a),(b))
#define    lb               lower_bound
#define    ub               upper_bound
#define    ff               first
#define    ss               second
//#pragma    comment(linker, "/STACK:1024000000,1024000000")
//__attribute__((optimize("-O2")))
typedef    long long        LL;
typedef    pair<int,int>    PII;
typedef    pair<LL,LL>      PLL;
typedef    vector<bool>     VB;
typedef    vector<int>      VI;
typedef    vector<LL>       VL;
typedef    vector<PII>      VII;
typedef    vector<PLL>      VLL;
// Fast max and min *******************************************************************************
#define max(...) _max(__VA_ARGS__)
#define min(...) _min(__VA_ARGS__)
template<class T>inline T _max(T a, T b) { return a > b ? a : b; }
template<class T>inline T _min(T a, T b) { return a < b ? a : b; }
template<class T>inline T _max(T a, T b, T c) { return _max(a, _max(b, c)); }
template<class T>inline T _min(T a, T b, T c) { return _min(a, _min(b, c)); }
template<class T>inline T _max(T a, T b, T c, T d) { return _max(a, _max(b, c, d)); }
template<class T>inline T _min(T a, T b, T c, T d) { return _min(a, _min(b, c, d)); }
// Fast I/O ***************************************************************************************
#define Buff 100000
inline char gtc() { static char bfi[Buff], *ci = bfi - 1, *cl = ci; return ci == cl && (cl = (ci = bfi - 1) + fread(bfi, 1, Buff, stdin), ci == cl) ? EOF : *++ci; }
void readbit(double &ret, double bit = 0.1) { char chr; if(chr = gtc(), isdigit(chr)) ret += (chr ^ 48) * bit, readbit(ret, bit * 0.1); }
inline bool _read(int &res, bool flag = 0, int sum = 0) { char chr; while(chr = gtc(), !(isdigit(chr) || (chr ^ '-' ? 0 : (chr = gtc(), flag = 1)))) if(chr == -1) return 0; while(isdigit(chr)) sum = ((sum + (sum << 2)) << 1) + (chr ^ 48), chr = gtc(); res = flag ? -sum : sum; return 1; }
inline bool _read(unsigned int &res) { char chr; while(chr = gtc(), !isdigit(chr)) if(chr == -1) return 0; res = 0; while(isdigit(chr))res = ((res + (res << 2)) << 1) + (chr ^ 48), chr = gtc(); return 1; }
inline bool _read(long long &res, bool flag=0, long long sum = 0) { char chr; while(chr = gtc(), !(isdigit(chr) || (chr ^ '-' ? 0 : (chr=gtc(), flag=1)))) if(chr == -1) return 0; while(isdigit(chr)) sum = ((sum + (sum << 2)) << 1) + (chr ^ 48), chr = gtc(); res = flag ? -sum : sum; return 1; }
inline bool _read(unsigned long long &res) { char chr; while(chr = gtc(), !isdigit(chr)) if(chr == -1) return 0; res = 0; while(isdigit(chr))res = ((res + (res << 2)) << 1) + (chr ^ 48),chr = gtc(); return 1; }
inline bool _read(double &ret, bool flag = 0, long long sum = 0) { char chr; while(chr = gtc(), !(isdigit(chr) || (chr ^ '-' ? 0 : (chr = gtc(), flag = 1)))) if(chr == -1) return 0; while(isdigit(chr)) sum = ((sum + (sum << 2)) << 1) + (chr ^ 48), chr = gtc(); if(ret = sum, chr == '.') readbit(ret); ret = flag ? -ret : ret; return 1; }
inline bool _read(char &ch) { while(ch = gtc(), (ch == 32) || (ch == 10) || (ch == -1)) if(ch == -1) return 0; return 1; }
inline bool _read(char *p) { char chr; while(chr = gtc(), (chr == 32) || (chr == 10) || (chr == -1)) if(chr == -1) return 0; while(chr ^ 10 && chr ^ 32 && ~chr) *p++ = chr, chr = gtc(); *p=0; return 1; }
inline bool _read(string &s) { char chr, _s[128], *be = _s, *en = _s + 127; while(chr = gtc(), (chr == 32) || (chr == 10) || (chr == -1)) if(chr == -1) return 0; *en = 0; while(chr ^ 10 && chr ^ 32 && ~chr) { *be++ = chr, be != en ? chr = gtc() : (be = _s, s += _s, chr = gtc()); } *be = 0, s += _s; return 1; }
template<class T, class U>inline bool _read(pair<T, U> &res) { return _read(res.ff), _read(res.ss); }
inline void ptc(char ch = 0) { static char bfo[Buff], *co = bfo - 1, *coe = co + Buff; !ch || (*++co=ch, co==coe) ? fwrite(bfo, 1, co-bfo+1, stdout), co = bfo - 1 : 0; }
inline void _out(bool x) { ptc(x ? '1' : '0'); }
void _out(int x) { if(x < 0) ptc('-'), x = -x; if(x > 9) _out(x / 10); ptc(x % 10 ^ '0'); }
void _out(unsigned int x) { if(x > 9) _out(x / 10); ptc(x % 10 ^ '0'); }
void _out(long long x) { if(x < 0) ptc('-'), x = -x; if(x > 9) _out(x / 10); ptc(x % 10 ^ '0'); }
void _out(unsigned long long x) { if(x > 9) _out(x / 10); ptc(x % 10 ^ '0'); }
inline void _out(double x, int n = 8) { if(x < 0) ptc('-'), x = -x; _out((LL)x), x -= (LL)x, ptc('.'); while(n--) x *= 10, _out(LL(x) % 10); }
inline void _out(const char ch) { ptc(ch); }
inline void _out(const char *p) { while(*p) ptc(*p++); }
inline void _out(const string &s) { const char *p = s.c_str(); while(*p) ptc(*p++); }
template<class T, class U>inline void _out(pair<T, U> x) { _out(x.ff), _out(' '), _out(x.ss); }
// TEBLE input and debug **************************************************************************
#ifdef TEBLE
#define VA_NUM_ARGS(...) VA_NUM_ARGS_IMPL_((0,__VA_ARGS__,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1))
#define VA_NUM_ARGS_IMPL_(tuple) VA_NUM_ARGS_IMPL tuple
#define VA_NUM_ARGS_IMPL(_0,_1,_2,_3,_4,_5,_6,_7,_8,N,...) N
#define macro_dispatcher(macro, ...) macro_dispatcher_(macro, VA_NUM_ARGS(__VA_ARGS__))
#define macro_dispatcher_(macro, nargs) macro_dispatcher__(macro, nargs)
#define macro_dispatcher__(macro, nargs) macro_dispatcher___(macro, nargs)
#define macro_dispatcher___(macro, nargs) macro ## nargs
#define DBN0()                  DEBUG()
#define DBN1(a)                 DEBUG(#a" =",(a))
#define DBN2(a,b)               DEBUG(#a" =",(a),',',#b" =",(b))
#define DBN3(a,b,c)             DEBUG(#a" =",(a),',',#b" =",(b),',',#c" =",(c))
#define DBN4(a,b,c,d)           DEBUG(#a" =",(a),',',#b" =",(b),',',#c" =",(c),',',#d" =",(d))
#define DBN5(a,b,c,d,e)         DEBUG(#a" =",(a),',',#b" =",(b),',',#c" =",(c),',',#d" =",(d),',',#e" =",(e))
#define DBN6(a,b,c,d,e,f)       DEBUG(#a" =",(a),',',#b" =",(b),',',#c" =",(c),',',#d" =",(d),',',#e" =",(e),',',#f" =",(f))
#define DBN7(a,b,c,d,e,f,g)     DEBUG(#a" =",(a),',',#b" =",(b),',',#c" =",(c),',',#d" =",(d),',',#e" =",(e),',',#f" =",(f),',',#g" =",(g))
#define DBN8(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h)   DEBUG(#a" =",(a),',',#b" =",(b),',',#c" =",(c),',',#d" =",(d),',',#e" =",(e),',',#f" =",(f),',',#g" =",(g),',',#h" =",(h))
#define debug(...) macro_dispatcher(DBN, __VA_ARGS__)(__VA_ARGS__)
#define _read _scan
inline bool _scan(int &res, bool flag = 0, int sum = 0) { char chr; while(chr = getchar(), !(isdigit(chr) || (chr ^ '-' ? 0 : (chr = getchar(), flag = 1)))) if(chr == -1) return 0; while(isdigit(chr)) sum = ((sum + (sum << 2)) << 1) + (chr ^ 48), chr = getchar(); res = flag ? -sum : sum; return 1; }
inline bool _scan(unsigned int &res) { char chr; while(chr = getchar(), !isdigit(chr)) if(chr == -1) return 0; res = 0; while(isdigit(chr))res = ((res + (res << 2)) << 1) + (chr ^ 48), chr = getchar(); return 1; }
inline bool _scan(long long &res, bool flag=0, long long sum = 0) { char chr; while(chr = getchar(), !(isdigit(chr) || (chr ^ '-' ? 0 : (chr=getchar(), flag=1)))) if(chr == -1) return 0; while(isdigit(chr)) sum = ((sum + (sum << 2)) << 1) + (chr ^ 48), chr = getchar(); res = flag ? -sum : sum; return 1; }
inline bool _scan(unsigned long long &res) { char chr; while(chr = getchar(), !isdigit(chr)) if(chr == -1) return 0; res = 0; while(isdigit(chr))res = ((res + (res << 2)) << 1) + (chr ^ 48),chr = getchar(); return 1; }
inline bool _scan(double &ret, bool flag = 0, long long sum = 0) { char chr; while(chr = getchar(), !(isdigit(chr) || (chr ^ '-' ? 0 : (chr = getchar(), flag = 1)))) if(chr == -1) return 0; while(isdigit(chr)) sum = ((sum + (sum << 2)) << 1) + (chr ^ 48), chr = getchar(); if(ret = sum, chr == '.') readbit(ret); ret = flag ? -ret : ret; return 1; }
inline bool _scan(char &ch) { while(ch = getchar(), (ch == 32) || (ch == 10) || (ch == -1)) if(ch == -1) return 0; return 1; }
inline bool _scan(char *p) { char chr; while(chr = getchar(), (chr == 32) || (chr == 10) || (chr == -1)) if(chr == -1) return 0; while(chr ^ 10 && chr ^ 32 && ~chr) *p++ = chr, chr = getchar(); *p=0; return 1; }
inline bool _scan(string &s) { char chr, _s[128], *be = _s, *en = _s + 127; while(chr = getchar(), (chr == 32) || (chr == 10) || (chr == -1)) if(chr == -1) return 0; *en = 0; while(chr ^ 10 && chr ^ 32 && ~chr) { *be++ = chr, be != en ? chr = getchar() : (be = _s, s += _s, chr = getchar()); } *be = 0, s += _s; return 1; }
template<class T, class U>inline bool _scan(pair<T, U> &res) { return _scan(res.ff), _scan(res.ss); }
inline void _DEBUG_() {}
void _DEBUG(bool x) { _out(x ? "true" : "false"); }
void _DEBUG(int x) { _out(x); }
void _DEBUG(unsigned int x) { _out(x); }
void _DEBUG(long long x) { _out(x); }
void _DEBUG(unsigned long long x) { _out(x); }
void _DEBUG(double x) { _out(x); }
void _DEBUG(const char x) { _out(x); }
void _DEBUG(const char *x) { _out(x); }
void _DEBUG(const string &x) { _out(x); }
template<class T, class U>inline void _DEBUG(pair<T, U> &x) { _out('('), _DEBUG(x.ff), _out(", "), _DEBUG(x.ss), _out(')'); }
template<class T>inline void _DEBUG(vector<T> &s) { _out('['); for(auto i = s.begin(); i != s.end(); ++i) _out(i == s.begin() ? "" : ", "), _DEBUG(*i); _out(']'); }
template<class T,class U,class O>inline void _DEBUG(const map<T,U,O> &s) { _out('['); for(auto i = s.begin(); i != s.end(); ++i) _out(i == s.begin() ? "(" : ", ("), _DEBUG(i->ff), _out(" -> "), _DEBUG(i->ss), _out(')'); _out(']'); }
template<class T,class U,class O>inline void _DEBUG(const multimap<T,U,O> &s) { _out('['); for(auto i = s.begin(); i != s.end(); ++i) _out(i == s.begin() ? "(" : ", ("), _DEBUG(i->ff), _out(" -> "), _DEBUG(i->ss), _out(')'); _out(']'); }
template<class T,class U>inline void _DEBUG(const set<T,U> &s) { _out('['); for(auto i = s.begin(); i != s.end(); ++i) _out(i == s.begin() ? "" : ", "), _DEBUG(*i); _out(']'); }
template<class T,class U>inline void _DEBUG(const multiset<T,U> &s) { _out('['); for(auto i = s.begin(); i != s.end(); ++i) _out(i == s.begin() ? "" : ", "), _DEBUG(*i); _out(']'); }
template<class T,class U>inline void _DEBUG(priority_queue<T,U> s) {
    _out('[');
    while(!s.empty())
        _DEBUG(s.top()), s.pop(), _out(s.empty() ? "" : ", ");
    _out(']');
}
template<class T,class U>inline void _DEBUG(stack<T,U> s) {
    _out('[');
    while(!s.empty())
        _DEBUG(s.top()), s.pop(), _out(s.empty() ? "" : ", ");
    _out(']');
}
//template<class T,class U>inline void _DEBUG(queue<>)
template<class T, class ...U>void _DEBUG_(T head, U ...tail) { _out(" "), _DEBUG(head), _DEBUG_(tail...); }
template<class ...T>inline void DEBUG(T ...tail) { static int cnt=0; _DEBUG_("#####", ++cnt, '|', tail..., '\n'),ptc(); }
#endif
// Encapsulation I/O ******************************************************************************
#ifdef TEBLE
struct basic_read { bool lock, flag; basic_read() : lock(1) {} void tie(bool x) { lock = x; } template<class T>basic_read operator >> (T &x) { return flag = (lock ? ptc(), _read(x) : _read(x)), *this; } template<class T> basic_read operator >> (T *x) { return flag = (lock ? ptc(), _read(x) : _read(x)), *this; } operator void *() const { return flag ? (void*)this : 0; } } Read;
#else
struct basic_read { bool flag; template<class T>basic_read operator >> (T &x) { return flag = _read(x), *this; } template<class T> basic_read operator >> (T *x) { return flag = _read(x), *this; } operator void *() const { return flag ? (void*)this : 0; } } Read;
#endif
struct basic_out { template<class T>basic_out operator << (T x) { return _out(x), *this; } } Out;
// STL other **************************************************************************************
template<class T, class U>inline istream& operator >> (istream &os,pair<T, U> &p) { return os >> p.first >> p.second; }
template<class T, class U>inline pair<T, U> operator + (const pair<T, U> &p1,const pair<T, U> &p2) { return mp(p1.ff + p2.ff, p1.ss + p2.ss); }
template<class T, class U>inline pair<T, U>& operator += (pair<T, U> &p1,const pair<T, U> &p2) { p1.ff += p2.ff, p1.ss += p2.ss; return p1; }
template<class T, class U>inline pair<T, U> operator - (const pair<T, U> &p1,const pair<T, U> &p2) { return mp(p1.ff - p2.ff, p1.ss - p2.ss); }
template<class T, class U>inline pair<T, U>& operator -= (pair<T, U> &p1,const pair<T, U> &p2) { p1.ff -= p2.ff, p1.ss -= p2.ss; return p1; }
// Useful constants *******************************************************************************

const int       primes[7] = {24443, 100271, 1000003, 1000333, 5000321, 98765431, 1000000123};
const int       dx[] = { 0, 1, 0,-1, 0, 1,-1, 1,-1};
const int       dy[] = {-1, 0, 1, 0,-1, 1,-1,-1, 1};
#define ee      2.718281828459
#define eps     0.00000001
#define fftmod  998244353
#define INF     0x3f3f3f3f
#define LINF    0xfcfcfcfcfcfcfcfll
#define MOD     1000000007
#define pi      3.14159265358979323846l
// My function ************************************************************************************
inline int myrand(int mod) { return ((LL)rand() << 32 ^ (LL)rand() << 16 ^ rand()) % mod; }
inline int rand(int a, int b) { return a + myrand(b - a + 1); }
inline void normmod(long long &x, long long mod) { x %= mod; if(x < 0) x += mod; }
inline long long mulmod(long long x, long long n,long long mod) { long long ans=(x*n-(long long)((long double)x/mod*n+eps)*mod); return ans < 0 ? ans + mod : ans; }
inline long long pmod(long long x, long long n, long long mod = MOD, long long res = 1) { for(normmod(x, mod); n; x = x * x % mod, n >>= 1) n & 1 ? res = res * x % mod : 0; return res; }
inline long long pmmod(long long x, long long n, long long mod = MOD, long long res = 1) { for(normmod(x, mod); n; x = mulmod(x, x, mod), n >>= 1) n & 1 ? res = mulmod(res, x, mod) : 0; return res; }
template<class T>inline T gcd(T a, T b) { while(b) { T t = a % b, a = b, b = t; } return a; }
template<class T>inline T lcm(T a, T b) { return a / gcd(a, b) * b; }
//*************************************************************************************************

void teble();
int main() {
#if 0
    #define cin Read
    #define cout Out
    #define endl '\n'
#else
    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);
    cin.tie(0);
#endif
#ifdef TEBLE
//    cin.tie(0);
//    freopen("in.txt","r",stdin);
//    freopen("out.txt","w",stdout);
#else
    #define debug(...)
#endif
    teble();
    ptc();
    return 0;
}
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/**________________________code.begin_________________________**/

const int N=1e6+5;


void teble() {
    int a,b;
    cin>>a>>b;
    if(a<=b)cout<<a<<endl;
    else cout<<a-1<<endl;
}

/**_________________________code.end__________________________**/
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Measured memory_bytes: 256