Complete newbie. Help please?

Question

I am using Flash CS3 and Action Script 3.
What I'm trying to do is to have the playback jump to
different parts of the timeline when an arrow key is pressed.
I have found some code on the internet somewhere (I can't
remember what that was, so that is rather annoying) that does what
I want to happen, but when you click the mouse.
The code that I have is attached, and is probably complete
gobbledygook.
I know that the two parts are different. I'm debugging it a
line at a time.
My problem is that on line 33, the debugger wants me to have
a "{" before "function", but when I do that, it tells me that there
are extra characters after the end of the program. I have deleted
the text after and the "{" in question, and it runs what is left.
I am at a complete loss.

Answer 1

Hello! There seems to be alot wrong, so I don't know if I'll
get you up and running, but I'll try.
First of all you are stating "override function" for the
first 2 functions. This is only ok when you use it inside a class
(I assume you are coding on the timeline right?), so get rid of the
override.
Secondly I am not really sure what you are trying to do with
this part of your code:
addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, keyDownHandler);
keyDownHandler {function event
(keyCode)==Keyboard.LEFT):void;{
gotoAndStop:(20);
addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, keyDownHandler2);
keyDownHandler2(event )(keyCode==Keyboard.RIGHT);{
gotoAndStop:(30);
Are you trying to specify another 2 functions (you'll have a
naming conflict then as keyDownHandler and keyDownHandler2 are
already in use) or are you trying to call the above functions?
Third there are little flaws like gotoAndStop:(30); which
should be gotoAndStop(30); and some semicolons too much.
Hope that helps a little.