JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div id="cell1">cell 1</div>
<div id="cell2">cell 2</div>
<div id="cell3">cell 3</div>
<div id="cell4">cell 4</div>
<div id="cell5">cell 5</div>
<div id="display"></div>

JavaScript

var select = function(i) {
    console.log(i);
};

var arr = ["1", "2", 3, 4, 5, 6];

var start = 0;
var max = 8;

for (var i=1; i<(start + max); i++) {
    if (i === arr.length) {
        break;
    } else {
        (function(i) {
            var element = document.getElementById(['cell', i].join(''));
            element.onclick = function() {
                 select(i);  
            };
        })(i);
    }
}