JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<a href="#" id="link">some link</a>
<div id="result"></div>

JavaScript

var i = 1
$('#link').click(function(event){
   event.preventDefault();
    if(i===2){
        $('#result').text('correct value');
        return true;
    }
   return false;
});