JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by zedsaid
HTML
<div id="result">apple; orange; banana;</div>
<ul id="target"></ul>
JavaScript
var z = $('#result').text();
var e = z.split(';').filter(function(e){return e});
var d = $('#target');
for (s in e) {
d.append('<li>'+e[s]+'</li>');
}