Answers.Body: <p>Ok, just figured it out. Apparently, when I changed the value of the fields in the settings I had to re-save all entries that used that field. And not just re-save them, but reset the value in the field as well, because it had lost it's checked value when I opened the entry up to edit it. </p>
  
  <p>I see now the warning in the field settings I had previously overlooked, "Changing this may result in data loss."</p>
  
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Answers.UserDisplayName: Dave Joyce
Body: <p>Seems like it should be simple but it's not working for me.</p>
  
  <pre><code>{% for option in entry.contributionType %}
       &lt;li&gt; {{ option.value }} &lt;/li&gt;
  {% endfor %}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This code outputs the option's label instead of  the value. I feel like I'm going crazy.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: That should work. Have you tried `{{ option.label }}:{{ option.value }}`?
Comments.UserDisplayName: Douglas McDonald
Tags: <templating><field>
Title: How do you output the value of a checkbox item?
ThreadText: # How do you output the value of a checkbox item?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-11-12)
  
  Seems like it should be simple but it's not working for me.
  
  ```
  {% for option in entry.contributionType %}
       <li> {{ option.value }} </li>
  {% endfor %}
  
  ```
  
  This code outputs the option's label instead of the value. I feel like I'm going crazy.
  
  **Tags:** templating, field
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: That should work. Have you tried `{{ option.label }}:{{ option.value }}`?  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2014-11-12. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  Ok, just figured it out. Apparently, when I changed the value of the fields in the settings I had to re-save all entries that used that field. And not just re-save them, but reset the value in the field as well, because it had lost it's checked value when I opened the entry up to edit it.
  
  I see now the warning in the field settings I had previously overlooked, "Changing this may result in data loss."
  
  
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