description: You are given two integers l and r, l≤ r. Find the largest possible value of a mod b over all pairs (a, b) of integers for which r≥ a ≥ b ≥ l.
  
  As a reminder, a mod b is a remainder we get when dividing a by b. For example, 26 mod 8 = 2.
  
  Input
  
  Each test contains multiple test cases.
  
  The first line contains one positive integer t (1≤ t≤ 10^4), denoting the number of test cases. Description of the test cases follows.
  
  The only line of each test case contains two integers l, r (1≤ l ≤ r ≤ 10^9).
  
  Output
  
  For every test case, output the largest possible value of a mod b over all pairs (a, b) of integers for which r≥ a ≥ b ≥ l.
  
  Example
  
  Input
  
  
  4
  1 1
  999999999 1000000000
  8 26
  1 999999999
  
  
  Output
  
  
  0
  1
  12
  499999999
  
  Note
  
  In the first test case, the only allowed pair is (a, b) = (1, 1), for which a mod b = 1 mod 1 = 0.
  
  In the second test case, the optimal choice is pair (a, b) = (1000000000, 999999999), for which a mod b = 1.
solution: import bisect
  import heapq
  import math
  import collections
  import sys
  import copy
  from functools import reduce
  import decimal
  from io import BytesIO, IOBase
  import os
  import itertools
  import functools
  from types import GeneratorType
  
  sys.setrecursionlimit(10 ** 9)
  decimal.getcontext().rounding = decimal.ROUND_HALF_UP
  
  graphDict = collections.defaultdict
  
  queue = collections.deque
  
  
  ################## pypy deep recursion handling ##############
  # Author = @pajenegod
  def bootstrap(f, stack=[]):
      def wrappedfunc(*args, **kwargs):
          to = f(*args, **kwargs)
          if stack:
              return to
          else:
              while True:
                  if type(to) is GeneratorType:
                      stack.append(to)
                      to = next(to)
                  else:
                      stack.pop()
                      if not stack:
                          return to
                      to = stack[-1].send(to)
  
      return wrappedfunc
  
  
  ################## Graphs ###################
  class Graphs:
      def __init__(self):
          self.graph = graphDict(set)
  
      def add_edge(self, u, v):
          self.graph[u].add(v)
          self.graph[v].add(u)
  
      def dfs_utility(self, nodes, visited_nodes, psf):
          global ans
          if len(visited_nodes.keys()) == n:
              ans = psf
              return
          visited_nodes[nodes] = None
          for neighbour in self.graph[nodes]:
              if neighbour not in visited_nodes:
                  self.dfs_utility(neighbour, visited_nodes, psf + [neighbour])
          visited_nodes.pop(nodes)
          return
  
      def dfs(self, node):
          global ans
          Visited = collections.OrderedDict()
          self.dfs_utility(node, Visited, [node])
  
      def bfs(self, node):
          visited = set()
          if node not in visited:
              queue.append(node)
              visited.add(node)
          while queue:
              parent = queue.popleft()
              print(parent)
              for item in self.graph[parent]:
                  if item not in visited:
                      queue.append(item)
                      visited.add(item)
  
  
  ################### Tree Implementaion ##############
  class Tree:
      def __init__(self, data):
          self.data = data
          self.left = None
          self.right = None
  
  
  def inorder(node, lis):
      if node:
          inorder(node.left, lis)
          lis.append(node.data)
          inorder(node.right, lis)
      return lis
  
  
  def leaf_node_sum(root):
      if root is None:
          return 0
      if root.left is None and root.right is None:
          return root.data
      return leaf_node_sum(root.left) + leaf_node_sum(root.right)
  
  
  def hight(root):
      if root is None:
          return -1
      if root.left is None and root.right is None:
          return 0
      return max(hight(root.left), hight(root.right)) + 1
  
  
  #################################################
  
  def rounding(n):
      return int(decimal.Decimal(f'{n}').to_integral_value())
  
  
  def factors(n):
      return set(reduce(list.__add__,
                        ([i, n // i] for i in range(1, int(n ** 0.5) + 1) if n % i == 0), []))
  
  
  def p_sum(array):
      return list(itertools.accumulate(array))
  
  
  ################################ <fast I/O> ###########################################
  BUFSIZE = 8192
  
  
  class FastIO(IOBase):
      newlines = 0
  
      def __init__(self, file):
          self._fd = file.fileno()
          self.buffer = BytesIO()
          self.writable = "x" in file.mode or "r" not in file.mode
          self.write = self.buffer.write if self.writable else None
  
      def read(self):
          while True:
              b = os.read(self._fd, max(os.fstat(self._fd).st_size, BUFSIZE))
              if not b:
                  break
              ptr = self.buffer.tell()
              self.buffer.seek(0, 2), self.buffer.write(b), self.buffer.seek(ptr)
          self.newlines = 0
          return self.buffer.read()
  
      def readline(self, **kwargs):
          while self.newlines == 0:
              b = os.read(self._fd, max(os.fstat(self._fd).st_size, BUFSIZE))
              self.newlines = b.count(b"\n") + (not b)
              ptr = self.buffer.tell()
              self.buffer.seek(0, 2), self.buffer.write(b), self.buffer.seek(ptr)
          self.newlines -= 1
          return self.buffer.readline()
  
      def flush(self):
          if self.writable:
              os.write(self._fd, self.buffer.getvalue())
              self.buffer.truncate(0), self.buffer.seek(0)
  
  
  class IOWrapper(IOBase):
      def __init__(self, file):
          self.buffer = FastIO(file)
          self.flush = self.buffer.flush
          self.writable = self.buffer.writable
          self.write = lambda s: self.buffer.write(s.encode("ascii"))
          self.read = lambda: self.buffer.read().decode("ascii")
          self.readline = lambda: self.buffer.readline().decode("ascii")
  
  
  sys.stdin, sys.stdout = IOWrapper(sys.stdin), IOWrapper(sys.stdout)
  
  
  #############################################<I/O Region >##############################################
  
  
  def inp():
      return sys.stdin.readline().strip()
  
  
  def map_inp(v_type):
      return map(v_type, inp().split())
  
  
  def list_inp(v_type):
      return list(map_inp(v_type))
  
  
  ######################################## Solution ####################################
  
  for _ in range(int(inp())):
      l, r = map_inp(int)
      if r & 1:
          if r // 2 >= l:
              print(r // 2)
          else:
              print(r % l)
      else:
          if r // 2 - 1 >= l:
              print(r // 2 - 1)
          else:
              if l == r // 2:
                  print(r % (l + 1))
              else:
                  print(r % l)
  