#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
long long nb(long long N)
{
if (N == 0)
return 0;
long long mult = 1;
long long tot = 0;
int first = 0;
long long i = 1;
for (int j = 0; i < N; j++)
{
i = pow(10, j);
if (N / i > 9 && (N / i) % 10 == (N / i / 10) % 10)
{
first = j + 1;
}
if (N / i > 99 && (N / i) % 10 == (N / i / 100) % 10)
{
first = j + 1;
}
i = pow(10, j + 1);
}
if (first == 0)
tot++;
for (int i = 1; i < first; i++)
{
N /= 10;
mult *= 8;
}
for (int i = first; N; i++)
{
int pos = N % 10;
if (N > 9 && (N / 10) % 10 < N % 10)
pos--;
if (N > 99 && (N / 100) % 10 < N % 10)
pos--;
tot += pos * mult;
N /= 10;
if (N > 9)
mult *= 8;
else
mult *= 9;
}
return tot;
}
int main()
{
long long a, b;
cin >> a >> b;
cout << nb(b) - nb(a - 1) << endl;
}
