MATLAB: Add variable legend to a plot without for loop

legend pariplottingwithout for loop

I am plotting two 201×4 arrays, resulting in four 2-d lines. The y array is a time series so I want the legend to vary accordingly. I created a 1×4 cell with strings that show the time variation of my y variable. However, the result is not satisfactory as shown in the figure below:
My code attempt is below:
lgd = {'HGS 50-year','HGS 100-year','HGS 150-year','HGS 200-year'};
h2 = plot(x,y,'LineWidth',1.25,'DisplayName',char(lgd)');
legend;
I can easily accomplish what I need with a for loop but I do not want to do that because I think I am close to accomplishing what I need without it.
Please help. Thank you.

Best Answer

This appears to work correctly: 
x = 0:0.1:10;
y = exp(-(x-(0:4).').^2)./(1:5).';
figure
plot(x, y)
lgd = {'HGS 50-year','HGS 100-year','HGS 150-year','HGS 200-year'};
legend(lgd)
EDIT — (11 Mar 2021 at 21:34)
Added plot figure.
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