#include <stdio.h>

int compare(int a,int b){
    int m;
    
    if(a<b)
        return b;
    else
        return a;
}


int main() {
    int x,y;
    int max;
    
    scanf("%d",&x);
    scanf("%d",&y);
    max=compare(x,y);
    printf("%d",max);
}