First, you may want to enclose your code in 

<CODE></CODE>
tags.

The following script demonstrates how to use CGI.pm to create checkbox groups and retrieve checked values:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use CGI qw/ :standard /;
use strict;

my @checkbox_items = qw/one two three four five/;

print header,
      start_html( -title => 'Checkbox group sample using CGI.pm' ),
      start_form;


# The following code creates the checkbox group using the elements in
# @checkbox_items

print checkbox_group(
    -name      => 'testing',
    -values    => \@checkbox_items,
    -linebreak => 1,
), submit, end_form;



# Here we retrieve and output the user-selected values of the checkbox
+ group.

my @checkbox_values = param( 'testing' );

print p( 'Check a button or two and click Submit Query to see the chec
+ked values.' ),
      li( \@checkbox_values ),
      end_html;


print end_html;

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Update: Many thanks to George_Sherston++ for pointing out that I was importing the CGI functions twice. I've modified the code to use only :standard.

Update: Thanks to CharlesClarkson++ for noting that li accepts a list ref. Code modified.

In reply to Re: Checkbox values by Jazz
in thread Checkbox values by chriso

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