"This can become tedious if there are 20+ components to retype over and over..."
Yes, the approach of using lots of numbered variables should definitely be avoided.
"...I was wondering if there is a way to perform this task using less lines and less time"
Of course it is possible to do this much more efficiently: just use indexing, e.g. with a cell array or an ND numeric array, just as MATLAB was designed for. Using indexing is exactly what the MATLAB documentation reccomends.
Note that numbering variables like that is a sign that you are doing something wrong.
Putting meta-data (such as pseudo-indices) into variable names is a sign that you are doing something very wrong.
By splitting up your data into lots of separate (numbered) variables and then trying to access them you force yourself into writing slow, complex, inefficient, obfuscated, buggy code that is hard to debug:
The MATLAB documentation specifically recommends against your current approach: "A frequent use of the eval function is to create sets of variables such as A1, A2, ..., An, but this approach does not use the array processing power of MATLAB and is not recommended. The preferred method is to store related data in a single array."
You should use indexing, just as MATLAB was designed for, just like all experienced MATLAB users do.
