JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<ul>
<li><a href="mylink1">mytext1</a></li>
<li><a href="mylink2">mytext2</a></li>
<li><a href="mylink3">mytext3</a></li>
</ul>
JavaScript
window.myFunc = function(s) { alert(s); }
$("ul li a").each(function(i, a) {
a = $(a);
a.attr('href', 'javascript:myFunc("' + a.attr('href') + '")');
});