JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by Rohit Kumar
HTML
<div id="foo">
<span>
<a href="#" class="no-want">X</a>
1
</span>
<span>
<a href="#" class="no-want">X</a>
2
</span>
</div>
JavaScript
var res=[];
$('#foo span').map(function(i){
var htm=$(this).text();
var htm_d=$(this).find('a').html();
htm=$.trim(htm.split("").reverse().join(""));
htm_d=$.trim(htm_d.split("").reverse().join(""));
res[i] = htm.substring(0,htm_d.length);
} );
alert(res);