JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div id="wrapper">
<textarea cols="55" rows="4" id="message" name="msg" maxlength="250" ></textarea>
<p></p>
<input type="button" name="submit" id="submit" value="submit"/>
</div>
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#wrapper").on("click","#submit",function(){
var msg_data = $("#message").val();
var word = /\[(.*?)\]/g;
for(m = word.exec(msg_data); m; m = word.exec(msg_data)){
alert(m[1])
}
});
});