# Why an empty Structure will

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**Created:** [February 11, 2009, 5:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-an-empty-structure-will/281604 "2009-02-11T05:38:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![davidtymon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@davidtymon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/davidtymon)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 5:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-an-empty-structure-will/281604/1 "2009-02-11T05:38:11Z")

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[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]hi all,

[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]This is my first question hope I am at right section Please tell me why an empty Structure will occupy 2Bytes in C++. [/SIZE][/FONT]  
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