JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<input type="text" id="inputid" />
<input type="submit" id="buttonid" value="submit" />
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#buttonid").on("click",function() {
var anything = $("input#inputid").val();
var num1 = [".here", ".there"];
var num2 = ["stay"];
var thing = -1;
if((thing = $.inArray(anything, num2)) !== -1)
{
alert("Not allowed to " + num2[thing]);
return false;
}
});
});