illegal character?

illegal character?

Can anyone tell me why I am getting an 'illegal character' error on this line?

  1.  $('#subsubclassdiv').html('<select name="sub_sub_class" id="sub_sub_class" onChange="getMaterials($('#itemclass').val(),$('#sub_class').val(),$('#sub_sub_class').val(),$('#p1').is(':checked'));"><option value="0">Select SubSubClass...</option>');