"All of the variables (sampleE, sampleW, etc.) are held in different arrays. Just curious if there is a neater way to write this than having them repeat."
Yes, there is a neat way: simply put your data into one array and use indexing! Indexing is neat, simple, very efficient, and easy to debug.
In contrast what you are trying to do, which involves dynamically accessing variable names, is one way that beginners force themselves into writing slow, complex, buggy code that is hard to debug. Read this to know more:
