diff --git a/lib/array_equals.rb b/lib/array_equals.rb
index 58e8369..f80c8d4 100644
--- a/lib/array_equals.rb
+++ b/lib/array_equals.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,39 @@
 # 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 && array2 != nil
+    return false
+  elsif array1 != nil && array2 == nil
+    return false
+  elsif array1 == [] && array2 == []
+    return true
+  end
+
+  array1_length = 0
+  array1.each do |element|
+    array1_length = array1_length + 1
+  end
+
+  array2_length = 0
+  array2.each do |element|
+    array2_length = array2_length + 1
+  end
+
+  if array1_length == array2_length
+    index1 = 0
+    array1_length.times do
+      if  (array1[index1] == array2[index1])
+        index1 = index1 + 1
+      else
+        return false
+      end
+    end
+    return true
+  else
+    return false
+  end
 end