JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div>
<span id="span1" myflag>
<span id="span2" myflag="true">
<span id="span3">
</div>
<div id="output"></div>
JavaScript
var count=$('span[myflag]').length;
$('#output').text('Found ' +count + ' attributes. Should be 2.');