Keyboard typing other letters

My laptop ran out of battery and turned off. When I turned it back on, the keyboard was messed up. Most letters work fine. But some letters either dont appear when I hit the key, or hitting that key produces a string of other letters or numbers.
Problem letters -
r, f, sometimes s, apostophe, colon, hyphen.
when I hit f I sometimes get these-
˙∆˚¬adfs
ƒ©˙∆˚¬
Help!

Try resetting both the PRAM/NVRAM -> http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379 - and well at the SMC -> http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964.
If neither solve the problem, call back,
Clinton

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