Question

http://jsbin.com/uxepap/17/edit

How do I wrap all links from the third to the last with one <span class="wrap"></span>?

Try to make fixes, if it works, links would be on the red background with padding.

Note: it should be wrapper inside a_items var and just then showed by .html();

By now, there is no working solution.

Answer 1

$('a:gt(2)').wrap('<span/>');

DEMO 1

or

var links = $('a');
var last = links.filter(':gt(2)');
last.wrap('<span/>');

DEMO 2

According to edit

$('div a').map(function(index, item) {
    if(index > 2) {
        return $(item).wrap('<span class="wrap"/>').get(0)
    } else return $(item);
});

DEMO 3