# check buttons, the easy way 

from Tkinter import *      
root = Tk()
states = []                 
for i in range(10):
    var = IntVar()
    chk = Checkbutton(root, text=str(i), variable=var)
    chk.pack(side=LEFT)
    states.append(var)
root.mainloop()                                # let Tkinter keep track
print map((lambda var: var.get()), states)     # show all states on exit