JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div class = "abc">
<ul>
<li class="year_"><a href="www.google.com">google</a></li></ul>
</div>
<div class ="abc">
<ul>
<li><a href="www.yahoo.com">yahoo</a></li></ul>
</div>
JavaScript
$('a').click(function(){
event.preventDefault();
});
$( 'div.abc ul. li a' ).click( function(){
if($(this).parents('li').is('[class^="year_"]')){
alert('yep');
}
else {
alert('nope');
}
});