JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<span class="span"></span><br>
<input  type="text" value="1               1" />

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function(){
    var inputVal = $('input').val();
    //inputVal = inputVal.replace(" ","\S");
    $('.span').html(inputVal.replace(/ /g,"&nbsp;"));
});