318A - Even Odds.

#nclude <iostream>

#include<vector>

#include<string>

#include<math.h>

#include<set>

#include<map>

#include<stack>

#include<queue>

#include<iterator>

#include<algorithm>

/* ==================================================

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  |    Author: *** S. M. Sabiul Hajjaj Sabit ***     |

  |       Last Edit:  May,14,2019                    |

   ================================================== */

///***global declaration***///

#define all(arr) arr.begin(),arr.end()

#define pb push_back

#define lb lower_bound

#define up upper_bound

#define sz(x) x.size()

#define min3(a,b,c)  min(min(a,b),c)

#define max3(a,b,c)  max(max(a,b),c)

using namespace std;

int i,j,n,m,sum=0,ans=0;

template <typename T>long long int power(T a, T b)

{

    long long int pow=1;

    for(int i=0; i<b; i++)

        pow *= a;

    return pow;

}

///*********Write Code From Here*********///

int main()

{

    long long a,b;

    cin>>a>>b;

    //cout<<a/2<<endl;

    if(a/2>=b)cout<<2*b-1<<endl;

    else

    {

        if(a%2!=0)b--;

        if((b-(a/2))==0) cout<<a<<endl;

        else

            cout<<2*(b-(a/2))<<endl;

    }

}