JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<textarea id='txtArea' rows="4" cols="50">
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</textarea>
JavaScript
$(function(){
var text=$('#txtArea').text();
//alert(text);
var lines = text.match(/^.*((\r\n|\n|\r)|$)/gm);
alert(lines[0]);
alert(lines[1]);
alert(lines[2]);
alert(lines[3]);
});