JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<h2>
List of People:
</h2>
<ul class='people'>
<li class='name'>
Clara
</li>
<li class='name'>
James
</li>
<li class='name'>
Sara
</li>
</ul>
JavaScript
var names = []
var elm = document.getElementsByClassName('name');
for(var i = 0; i < elm.length; i++) {
names.push(elm[i].innerHTML);
}
names.join();
alert(names);