#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use CGI qw/:standard/;

my $cgi = new CGI;
print $cgi->header;
print $cgi->start_html;

print $cgi->checkbox(-name => 'my_checkbox',
 -value => 'eenie',
 -label => 'first choice',
 -labelattributes => { class => 'somecssclass' }
 );
print $cgi->end_html;

##</code><code>##

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use CGI qw/:standard/;

my $cgi = new CGI;
print $cgi->header;
print $cgi->start_html;

my %labels = (
 'eenie'=>'first choice',
 'meenie'=>'second choice',
 'minie'=>'third choice');

print $cgi->checkbox_group(-name => 'my_checkbox',
 -values => ['eenie','meenie','minie'],
 -labels => \%labels,
 -labelattributes => { class => 'somecssclass' }
 );
print $cgi->end_html;

##</code><code>##

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use CGI qw/:standard/;

my $cgi = new CGI;
print $cgi->header;
print $cgi->start_html;

my %labels = ('eenie'=>'first choice',
 'meenie'=>'second choice',
 'minie'=>'third choice');
my %labelattr = ('eenie'=> { 'class' => 'somecssclass' } );
my %attr = ('eenie'=> { 'class' => 'someothercssclass' } );

print $cgi->checkbox_group(-name => 'my_checkbox',
 -values => ['eenie','meenie','minie'],
 -labels => \%labels,
 -attributes => \%attr,
 -labelattributes => \%labelattr
 );
print $cgi->end_html;

##</code><code>##

<label eenie="HASH(0x13e95e8)"><input type="checkbox" name="my_checkbox" value="eenie"  class="someothercssclass"/>first choice</label><label eenie="HASH(0x13e95e8)"><input type="checkbox" name="my_checkbox" value="meenie" />second choice</label><label eenie="HASH(0x13e95e8)"><input type="checkbox" name="my_checkbox" value="minie" />third choice</label>