JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<ul>
<li>One</li>
<li>two</li>
<li>three</li>
</ul>
<input type="button" value='Get random text'/>
JavaScript
$('input').on('click',function(){
var randomnum = Math.floor(Math.random()*$('ul li').length);
alert($('ul li').eq(randomnum).text());
});