TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you are given inputs i and A, where i is an integer and A is a list. You need to list all the elements of A preceding the last i elements. i will always have a value less than the length of A.
PROBLEM: 4, ['b', '551', '5871', '453', '5753', '1125', 'z', 'j', '8191', 'D', '781', '4055']

SOLUTION: b, 551, 5871, 453, 5753, 1125, z, j

PROBLEM: 5, ['9711', '8403', '2867', '3617', '7597', '2907', '7559', '4999', '7697', '1839']

SOLUTION: 9711, 8403, 2867, 3617, 7597

PROBLEM: 1, ['8253', 'y']

SOLUTION:
8253