#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

typedef long long int ll;

inline int getSize(ll x) {
    int num = 0;

    while(x) {
        num++;
        x /= 10;
    }

    return num;
}

inline ll manualPow(ll what, int times) {
    ll ret = 1;

    for(int i = 1; i <= times; i++) ret *= what;
    return ret;
}

int digs[30];

int main() {
    freopen("test.in", "r", stdin);

    ll a, b;
    cin >> a >> b;

    if(a > 9) {
        cout << 0;
        return 0;
    }

    vector < int > v;
    for(int i = 1; i < 10; i++) {
        if(i >= a && i < b) {
            v.push_back(i);
        }
    }

    ll ans = 0;
    int szB = getSize(b);
    for(int i = 1; i < szB; i++) {
        ans += manualPow((int)v.size(), i);
    }

    ll copB = b;
    for(int i = szB; i > 0; i--) {
        digs[i] = copB % 10;
        copB /= 10;
    }

    for(int i = 1; i <= szB; i++) {
        int cnt = 0;
        for(int j = 0; j < (int)v.size(); j++) {
            if(v[j] < digs[i]) cnt++;
        }

        ans = ans + 1LL * cnt * manualPow((int)v.size(), szB - i);
    }

    cout << ans;
    return 0;
}