How can I create a quadratic matrix with variables?

I need to create the matrix of such that i get the matrix and so on? I need all the elements of the nxn matrix to be variables. I tried with :

syms q1dot q2dot q3dot q4dot q5dot;
qdot= [q1dot q2dot q3dot q4dot q5dot].'*[q1dot q2dot q3dot q4dot q5dot];

but it doesn't seem to work. Many thanks.

Answer 1

[KSSV]

syms q [1 5] real
iwant = q'*q

iwant = 

[Karim]

you were a bit faster than me :) nice approach using the [1 5]!

Answer 2

[Karim]

you do not need to use .' in this case, only use the transpose operator:

syms q1dot q2dot q3dot q4dot q5dot real
qdot= [q1dot q2dot q3dot q4dot q5dot]' * [q1dot q2dot q3dot q4dot q5dot]

qdot =