Illustrator shape tools not functioning properly

When I try to draw any shapes in illustrator they keep repeating:
I have restarted illustrator several times and deleted the pref file.
Also, there aren't any keys stuck on the keyboard.
Can anyone Help?
Thanks in advance

Actually I've solved the problem myself.
There was a problem with my keyboard as I unplugged it and plugged it again and everything seems to work now.

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