JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<form name="f" id="f">
<input name="f1" type="text" value="" /> <br/>
<input name="f2" type="text" value="" /> <br/>
<input name="f3" type="text" value="" /> <br/>
</form>
<a href="#" onclick="countEmpty(); return false;">count empty</a>
</body>
</html>
JavaScript
function countEmpty()
{
alert($('#f').find('input[value=""]').length);
}