JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by brigand

HTML

<table>
  <tr>
    <th>Company</th>
    <th>Contact</th>
    <th>Country</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Alfreds Futterkiste</td>
    <td>Maria Anders</td>
    <td>Germany</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Centro comercial Moctezuma</td>
    <td>Francisco Chang</td>
    <td>Mexico</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Ernst Handel</td>
    <td>Roland Mendel</td>
    <td>Austria</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Island Trading</td>
    <td>Helen Bennett</td>
    <td>UK</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Laughing Bacchus Winecellars</td>
    <td>Yoshi Tannamuri</td>
    <td>Canada</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Magazzini Alimentari Riuniti</td>
    <td>Giovanni Rovelli</td>
    <td>Italy</td>
  </tr>
</table>

CSS

table {
  font-family: arial, sans-serif;
  border-collapse: collapse;
  width: 100%;
}

td,
th {
  border: 1px solid #dddddd;
  text-align: left;
  padding: 8px;
}

tr:nth-child(even) {
  background-color: #dddddd;
}

JavaScript

var $table = $('table');

$(document).on("click", "table td", function() {
  var $currentTd = $(this),
    currentColumnIndex = $currentTd.index(),
    rowTitle = $table.find('tr').first().find('th').eq(currentColumnIndex).text();
  if (rowTitle === 'Contact') {
    console.log($(this).text()); // current works
    console.log(rowTitle);
    $('table th').each(function(index) {
      if ($(this).text() == 'Country') {
        console.log(index)
        console.log($(this).eq(index).text()); // current works
      }
    });
  }
});