JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.2.2.js"></script>
<button id="button">Try it</button>
JavaScript
var count = 0;
$("#button").on("click", function(){
count = count + 1;
alert(count);
if(count == 3){
//exit the function but it's not doing that and keeps on counting.
count = 0;
}
})