#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
typedef long long ll;
typedef pair<int , int> pii;
typedef pair<ll , ll> pll;


int a , b;
vector<int> v;

int dp[15][11][2];
int dfs(int pos ,int pre , bool lm)
{
    if(dp[pos][pre][lm] != -1) return dp[pos][pre][lm];
    if(pos == v.size()) return 1;
    int ans = 0 , up = lm ? v[pos]:9; 
    if(pre == 10)
    {
        ans += dfs(pos + 1 , 10 , false);
        for(int i = 1 ; i <= up ; i ++) ans += dfs(pos + 1 , i , lm ? (i == up):(false));
    }else
    {
        for(int i = 0 ; i <= up ; i ++)
        {
            if(i >= pre) ans += dfs(pos + 1 , i , lm ? (i == up):(false));
        }
    }
    dp[pos][pre][lm] = ans;
    return ans;
}

int cnt(int num)
{
    if(num == 0) return 1;
    memset(dp , -1,sizeof(dp));
    v.clear();
    while(num)
    {
        v.push_back(num % 10);
        num /= 10;
    }
    reverse(v.begin() , v.end());
    return dfs(0 , 10 , true);
}

void solve()
{   
   while(cin >> a >> b)
   {
        cout << cnt(b) - cnt(a - 1) <<'\n';
   }
}
int main()
{
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(0);
    cout.tie(0);
    solve();
    return 0;
}