JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<ul>
<li id="one1234two">Hello World!</li>
<li></li>
<li></li>
<li></li>
<li></li>
</ul>
JavaScript
$.fn.regexFindId = function(re){
return this.filter(function(){
var id = this.id;
return id.match(re);
});
};
alert($('li').regexFindId(/^one\d+two$/).text());