JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<table>
    <tr>
        <td>t1</td>
        <td>t2</td>
        <td>t3</td>
    </tr>
</table>

JavaScript

var question = "{title_2}";

$('td').click(function(){

question = question.replace(/{title_(\d+)}/g, $.proxy(function(x, m){
  return $(this).closest('tr').find('td:eq('+(m-1)+')').html();
}, this));

alert(question);
    
});