JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<a href="www.google.com" id="1">selected</a>
<a href="www.facebook.com" id="2">select</a>
<a href="www.gmail.com" id="3">selected</a>

JavaScript

var inputs = document.getElementsByTagName('a');
                for(var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i += 1) {
                    if (inputs[i].textContent == "selected")
                    {
                        alert(inputs[i].id);
                    }
                }