Iterate through ui elements with "index"

So basically I have several of the same ui elements kinda like this:

checkbutton ckb1
checkbutton ckb2
--...
checkbutton ckb32

I want to be able to set properties in-mass. So essentially:

fn massPropertySet =(
    i=1
    while i<=32 do(
        ckbi.state=false
        i+=1
    )
)

I also want to be able to have a single function that stores data into an array based on button suffix #, but I need to check the state of the button:

on ckb1 changed state do
    (storeData(1))
 
on ckb2 changed state do
    (storeData(2))
 
fn storeData num = (
 
     if ckbnum.state then(
          data[num] += <bitArray>
     else
          data[num] -= <bitArray>
)
 
--can work around with:
on ckb1 changed state do
    (storeData(1 ckb1.state))
 
on ckb2 changed state do
    (storeData(2 ckb2.state))
 
fn storeData num state= (
 
     if state then(
          data[num] += <bitArray>
     else
          data[num] -= <bitArray>
)

I tried storing the checkbuttons in an array but get and unknown system exception...

ckbArray=#(ckb1, ckb2)

So basically I need to be able to store the checkbuttons in an array, which doesn't look possible, or convert a string into a "checkbutton ui name" so I can refer to any checkbutton at will via index.

The latter is possible with scene objects, with the <string> as name function. Is there a way to do so with ui elements?