Would this predicate work ? this came on my quiz to find the position of element X in a data structure called list

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Published on 2012-03-21T17:05:35Z Indexed on 2012/03/21 17:29 UTC
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example: position(1,list(1,list(2,nil)),Z).
Z = 1. position(3,list(1,list(2,list(3,nil)),Z). Z = 3. where Z is the position of element X in a data structure of a list in the above format

Here was my solution:

      position(X,list(nil),0).                %empty list
      position(X,list(X,T),1).                %list with X as head or first element 
      position(X,list(H,T),Z):-
                             position(X,list(T,nil),Z1), %X is in tail of list (H,T)
                             Z is Z1 + 1.

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