Help plotting projectile motion

Ok, I have no idea what's wrong. I am awful at Matlab T_T. Anyway, it is plotting in yellow and it is not a parabola as I would have expected. Sorry and thanks in advance for any help.
if yh0 == 0
tmax = (2*yv0) / g; %Calculates the time of flight t = 2*Yvelocity / g
for t = 1:0.01:tmax %When t is less than the time of flight keep looping
y_v(L) = y_v(L-1) + ( -g.*t );
y_s(L) = ( y_v(L-1).*t ) + ( 1/2*-g.*t.^2 );
%Horizontal
x_v = xv0; %Horizontal doesn't change (acc=0)
x_s(L) = xv0.*t; %Horizontal displacement
L=L+1;
end
elseif yh0 > 0
tmax = (yv0 / g) + (sqrt(((yv0)^2) + 2*g*yh0))/ g;
for t = 0:1:tmax %When t is less than the time of flight keep looping
L=L+1; %Adds a counter each time the loop runs
y_v(L) = y_v(L-1) + g.*t; %Calculates the Y velocity v = u+at
y_s(L) = y_v(L-1).*t + 1/2*g.*t.^2; %Calculates the Y displacement s = ut + 1/2at^2
%Horizontal
x_v = xv0; %Horizontal doesn't change (acc=0)
x_s(L) = xv0.*t; %Horizontal displacement
MaxH= (v0^2 * sind(theta)^2 )/ 2*g;
end
end
%========================================================================%
% %
% PLOTTING PROJECTILES %
% %
%========================================================================%
figure %Opens in a new figure window
plot(x_s, y_s, 'ro', 'MarkerSize', 6, 'MarkerEdgeColor', [1 1 0], 'MarkerFacecolor', [.2 .2 1]);
title(' Projectile Motion '); %Adds a title to the graph
xlabel(' Distance (M) '); %Yup
ylabel(' Height (M) '); %Is what it says

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Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 26 Apr 2017
Edited: Image Analyst on 26 Apr 2017
Attached is my projectile demo. Perhaps that will help. It computes and plots just about everything you can imagine.

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Thanks, I will give it a read and see what I can do with it. Appreciated.

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