JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

JavaScript

var str = '<a href="http://example.com">Name of Link</a>';
var elem = document.createElement('div');
elem.innerHTML = str;
var targetEleme = elem.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
targetEleme.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
  e.preventDefault();
  var href = this.getAttribute('href'),
    text = this.innerText;
  myFunc(href, text);
});
document.body.appendChild(targetEleme);

function myFunc(href, text) {
  alert('HREF: ' + href + '   TEXT: ' + text);
}