JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.2/themes/ui-lightness/jquery-ui.css">
<table> 
<tr> 
<td> 
hello world! I am new to JQuery 
</td> 
</tr> 
</table> 
 
<input type="text" id="displayingText" value="">

JavaScript

$(function() { 
    $('#displayingText').val( $('table td').text() ); 
});