Explain the jQuery code: $('.maxlength').after("<span></span>").next().hide().end().keypress

Here is my code.. but I am unable to understand this code.

$('.maxlength')

    .after("<span></span>")

    .next()

    .hide()

    .end()

    .keypress(function(e) {

        var cur开发者_运维知识库rent = $(this).val().length;

        if (current >= 130) {

            if (e.which != 0 && e.which != 8) {

                e.preventDefault();

            }

        }

        $(this).next().show().text(130 - current);

    });

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$('.maxlength') // select all items with class 'maxlength'

.after("<span></span>") // insert a span after 

.next() // move to the span

.hide() // hide the span

.end() // go back to originally selected element

.keypress(function(e) { // add a keypress event handler function

    var current = $(this).val().length; // get the length of the input value (a string)

    if (current >= 130) { //if it's long

        if (e.which != 0 && e.which != 8) { // and if certain keys weren't pressed (delete?)

            e.preventDefault(); // don't do what those keys would normally do - i.e. ignore the keypress

        }

    }

    $(this).next().show().text(130 - current); // show the remaining chars in the newly added span

});

...so basically this code makes a text area have a character limit of 130 characters and shows you how many more you're allowed to type.