that didn't work.... because i'm printing out more than just checkbox data. Here's the whole sub routine:
sub getdata {   #  $_ is the form element name and $in{$_} is the cont
+ents.

 if ($action eq $SENDSTR) { 
     open(OUT,">>$xls_file") || print "could not open $xls_file" ;
           }
          
    foreach  ($query->param) 
    {    
         $in{$_} = $query->param($_);    
        if ($_=~/^c_/) { $check{$_}="CHECKED"            } #checkbox
        if ($_=~/^r_/) {    $check{$_.$in{$_}}="CHECKED"    } #radio
        if ($_=~/^s_/) {    $check{$_.$in{$_}}="SELECTED"    } #Select
        

        if ($action eq $SENDSTR) { 
            $in{$_}=~s/\r\n/ /g;
        
           if ($_ !~/action|lang/)  {  # don't print these fields to X
+LS file
           print OUT "$in{$_}\t";
           }  
        }

        $in{$_}=~s/\r\n/<br>/g     || $in{$_}=~s/<br>/\n/g;
        $in{$_}=~s/"/&quot;/g;
        $in{$_}=~s/'/&rsquo;/g;
        $in{$_}=~s/\$/&\#36;/g;
    } # end foreach    

     
          if ($action eq $SENDSTR) { 
           print OUT "$today\t";
       print OUT "\n";
           close(OUT);                
    }
}

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