JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
       "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
  <title>test</title>
</head>

<body>
    <div id="ham" style="position:absolute; width:100px; left:auto; top:100px">ham sandwich</div>

    <div id="test"></div>


</body>
</html>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function(){    
   $('#test').text($('#ham').css('left'));
});