JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<Table id="testing>
<tr>
<th>
</th>
<td id="row1">hello</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>
</th>
<td id="row2">world</td>
</tr>
</table>

JavaScript

var r = $("#row2").text();
  alert(r);