Add a dynamic amount of symbolic variables into a script

I am attempting to add a number of symbolic variables dynamically for a script.

The script will get an input from the user about how many joints they are inputting in for some robotic manipulation calculations. Based on this I would like to insert a number of symbolic variables (equal to the amount specified at the initial input).

Is there a way to do this that isn't creating a bunch of variables in storage like:

syms v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v9 %...
variables = [v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9] %...

numvars = input('How many joints would you like to enter: ');

for i=1:numvars
    %Do something
end

Answer 1

[Paul]

numvars = 5; % for example
V = sym('V',[1 numvars])

V = 

Answer 2

[Connor LeClaire]

After further research and help from a friend, here is the answer:

numVars = input('Enter how many joints: ');
variables = sym(zeros(1,numVars));

for i=1:numVars
    variables(i) = sym("V"+ num2str(i));
end

disp(variables);