The statement that would create a variable but not assign anything to it is:
• create variable
In most programming languages, "create variable" is not valid syntax for creating a variable. If we're considering the others:
- variable = empty: This assigns 'empty' to the variable.
- variable = null: This assigns 'null' to the variable.
- variable = "*": This assigns the string "*" to the variable.
None of those create a variable without assignment.