R key always capitalised and Righthand shift key bRings up launchpad

Macbook PRo 15" eaRly 2014 model
EveRything was woRking fine then suddenly got a pRoblem with my R key. Shift / Keylock makes no diffeRence. Some fuRtheR symptoms:
- Holding R then pREssing any otheR letteR makes a capital (i.e. holding R and b = B)
- Righthand SHIFT key bRings up launchpad veRy slowly
I've tRied tuRning off and on, and attempted a PRAM Reset - but the R key causes PRAM to do something else.
Using a USB keyboard it woRks OK - r
Any suggestions?

Thanks a lot, problem solved. No idea how the problem occurred.... I went into system preferences and the application exposé was set to the default F10. Just to see what would happen, I disabled this option and was directed to 'keyboard shortcuts', which simply indicated that the particular shortcut had been unchecked.
Sure enough, my R shift was functioning normally again. I went back and enabled the application exposé shortcut and everything is working just fine.

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