JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<form>
    <p>
        Input:<br>
        <textarea name="text_input" id="text_input"></textarea>
    </p>
</form>

JavaScript

$('#text_input').change(process).keyup(process);

function process() {
    var html = $('#text_input').val();
    $('<div/>').append(html).find("a").each(function(i, elem) {
        alert('got here');
    });
}