JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<input id="chk1" type='checkbox' />
<input id="chk2" type='checkbox' />
<input id="chk3" type='checkbox' />
<input id="chk4" type='checkbox' />

JavaScript

var idArray = $("input").map(function(i,e) { return $(e).prop('id'); });
var idContainerArray = ['chk2','chk3'];

$.each(idArray, function (i, el) {
    if ($.inArray(el, idContainerArray) != -1) {
        console.log('hi');
        $('#'+el).prop("checked", true);
    }
});