JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<label for="autocomplete">Select a programming language:</label>
<input id="autocomplete">

JavaScript

var tags = ["c++", "java", "the php", "coldfusion", "a javascript", "asp", "the ruby"];

$("#autocomplete").autocomplete({
    source: function (request, response) {
        var matcher = new RegExp("^(?:(the|a) )?" + $.ui.autocomplete.escapeRegex(request.term), "i");
        response($.grep(tags, function (item) {
            return matcher.test(item);
        }));
    }
});