JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<input id=v value=1234>
<input id=b type=button value=test>
<div id=s></div>
JavaScript
$('#b').click(function(){
myVar = parseInt($('#v').val(), 10);
var l = Math.pow(10, Math.floor(Math.log(myVar)/Math.log(10))-1);
var b = Math.floor(myVar/l);
var digit = b-Math.floor(b/10)*10;
$('#s').text('Result : '+digit);
});