JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by sazakharov

HTML

<div class="wrapper">
  <div class="elem-1">elem-1</div>
  <div class="elem-2">elem-2</div>
</div>

JavaScript

$obj = {
	$elem: null,
  set: function (el) {
  	this.$elem = el;
  },
  del: function() {
  	$(this.$elem).remove();
  	delete this.$elem;
  },
  isExists: function() {
  	return !!this.$elem;
  }
}

$obj.set( $('.elem-2').prev() );

console.log($obj.isExists(), $obj.$elem.text());

$obj.del();

console.log($obj.isExists());