JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div id='content-area'>
  <h1>Heading</h1>
  <p>A paragraph or two</p>
  <ul>
    <li>item 1</li>
    <li>item 2</li>
  </ul>
</div>
<div id="output"></div>

JavaScript

$(function(){
    var output = "";
    $( "li" ).each( function( index, element ){
        output += $(this).text() + " ";
    });
    $('#output').html(output);
});