JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Anna Beall

HTML

<ul id="sortable">
              <li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Protective Services</li>
              <li class="ui-state-default"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-arrowthick-2-n-s"></span>Engineering Services and Public Works</li>
            </ul>

JavaScript

var ar = [];
var listItems = $("#sortable li");
listItems.each(function(li) {
    ar.push($(this).text());
});

alert(ar);

console.log(listItems);