JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<a id="test" href="#">test</a>

JavaScript

var counter = 5;
$(document).ready(function(){
    $("#test").click(test);

	var test = function(e){
        console.log(e);
        console.log(counter);
        counter++;
    	console.log(counter);
    }
    
});