JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

JavaScript

var searchInput, newSearchInput, i, j, cur;

searchInput = ["this", "is", "a", "test"];
newSearchInput = [];
for (i = 0, j = searchInput.length; i < j; i++) {
    cur = searchInput[i];
    if (cur.length > 3) {
        newSearchInput.push(cur);
    }
}

console.log(newSearchInput);