diff --git a/lib/array_equals.rb b/lib/array_equals.rb
index 58e8369..fd94e7f 100644
--- a/lib/array_equals.rb
+++ b/lib/array_equals.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,27 @@
 # Determines if the two input arrays have the same count of elements
 # and the same integer values in the same exact order
+
 def array_equals(array1, array2)
-  raise NotImplementedError
+  if array1 == nil && array2 == nil
+    return true 
+  elsif array1 == nil
+    return false
+  elsif array2 == nil
+    return false
+  end
+  
+  if array1.length != array2.length
+    return false 
+  end
+  
+  array1.length.times do |index|
+    if array1[index] != array2[index]
+      return false
+    end
+  end
+  return true
 end
+
+
+
+