jQuery parent and child selector
<p>I'm trying to use this selector it its not working for me</p>

<pre><code>var pr = $(this).closest('fieldset');
$( pr + ' &gt; .given option:selected').remove().appendTo(pr + ' &gt; .allowed');
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<p>I get this error</p>

<pre><code>Error: uncaught exception: Syntax error, unrecognized expression: [object Object]
</code></pre>

<p>why does this not work the way I expect it to ?</p>
