JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by dirtyd77

HTML

<div class="someClass">someClass</div>

JavaScript

$(function(){
    
    var selectedSymbol = $('.someClass'),
        selectedSymbol2 = $('.classThatDoesNotExist');
    
    selectedSymbol = selectedSymbol[0] && selectedSymbol[0].innerText;
    
    selectedSymbol2 = selectedSymbol2[0] && selectedSymbol2[0].innerText; // no error, yay
    
    console.log(selectedSymbol, selectedSymbol2);

});