?- append([a,b],[c],R).
R=[a,b,c]
?- append(_,[e,s],[f,o,x,e,s]).
yes
?- append(X,[e,s],[f,o,x,e,s]).
X=[f,o,x]
?-append(X,Y,[a,b,c]).
X=[]
Y=[a,b,c]
X=[a]
Y=[b,c]
X=[a,b]
Y=[c]
X=[a,b,c]
Y=[]
no
append([],L,L).
append([H|T],L,[H|R]):- append(T,L,R).
Example. last3/2 finds the last 3 elements of the list.
?-last3([c,o,l,l,e,g,e],R).
R=[e,g,e]
last3(L,[A1,A2,A3]):- append(_,[A1,A2,A3],L).
or
last3(L,[A1,A2,A3]):- append(_,X,L), length(X,3).