Cannot get rid of error ?

Hi all.

I cannot get rid of the error, can anyone advise please?

Regards
Ray


[codeArduino: 1.8.5 (Windows 7), Board: "Arduino/Genuino Uno"



sketch_DHT22:9: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '(' token

 dht22(DHTPIN, DHTTYPE); //// Initialize DHT sensor for normal 16mhz Arduino

      ^
C:\Users\dell\Documents\Arduino\sketch_DHT22\sketch_DHT22.ino: In function 'void setup()':

sketch_DHT22:20: error: 'dht' was not declared in this scope

   dht.begin();

   ^

C:\Users\dell\Documents\Arduino\sketch_DHT22\sketch_DHT22.ino: In function 'void loop()':

sketch_DHT22:27: error: 'dht' was not declared in this scope

     hum = dht.readHumidity();

           ^

exit status 1
expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '(' token

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Without seeing your code, all we can tell you is that the compiler is correct. It's never wrong, so that's easy to say.