How do I defined this (cell) array?

I am trying to define a cell array (or whatever other array), such that y has the following 11 elements.

[], X.0, X.1, X.2, X.3, X.4, X.5, X.6, X.7, X.8, X.9

Is there an easier way to do this other than resorting to the following?

y{1,1}=' ';
y{1,2}='X.0';
y{1,3}='X.1';
y{1,4}='X.2';
y{1,5}='X.3';
y{1,6}='X.4';
y{1,7}='X.5';
y{1,8}='X.6';
y{1,9}='X.7';
y{1,10}='X.8';
y{1,11}='X.9';

I also tried the genvarname command, but it seems that the dot between the X and the numerical figure is throwing it off.

Answer 1

[the cyclist]

Here is a straightforward way:

y{1,1}=' ';
for n = 2:11
    y{1,n} = ['X.',num2str(n-2)]
end

Answer 2

[Star Strider]

This works:

y = {strsplit([' ' sprintf('X.%-d\n', 0:9)])};
y = y{1}(1:11)