JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div id="foo"> <span>
        <a href="#" class="no-want">X</a>
        &nbsp;
        1
    </span>
 <span>
        <a href="#" class="no-want">X</a>
        &nbsp;
        2
    </span>

</div>

JavaScript

$('#foo span').each(function () {
    alert($(this).html().match(/[0-9]/));
});