JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by rajeevRF
HTML
<ul class="list_wrap">
<li class='item-1'>item 1</li>
<li class='item-2'>item 2</li>
<li class='item-3'>item 3</li>
<li class='item-4'>item 4</li>
<li class='item-5'>item 5</li>
</ul>
CSS
.container{border:1px solid #000;background:blue;}
JavaScript
var i = 1;
var n = 4;
$(".list_wrap li").slice(i, n).wrapAll("<div class='container'></div>");