try as below - remove boolean
for(int j = 0; j<edp01.length;j++)
{
for(int i = 0; i < ekpo2.length; i++)
{
if (var1[i].equals("test") || var2[i].equals("test") || var3[i].equals("test")) {
result.addValue("Y");
}else{
result.addValue("N");
}
}
}
Regards
Ramg