fixing issue #565, improper initialization of multiple select and checkbox arrays

[lnoor]

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#565

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Modified _fill_item() to resolve the issue.
Included tests to show proper operation.

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[gitnotebooks]

Found 1 changed notebook. Review the changes at https://app.gitnotebooks.com/AnswerDotAI/fasthtml/pull/566

[jph00]

Thanks @lnoor ! Your PR has deleted outputs from the cells, which means that won't show up in the docs. Could you please re-run the notebook to generate the outputs?

[lnoor]

Hi @jph00,
I updated the commit, sorry to put you to work for nothing.
I'm a Jupyter and nbdev virgin so still learning the ropes.

[jph00]

Great job! And no apologies required :D