diff --git a/lib/array_equals.rb b/lib/array_equals.rb
index 58e8369..0e6cfe0 100644
--- a/lib/array_equals.rb
+++ b/lib/array_equals.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
-# 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 == [] && array2 == []) || (array1 == nil && array2 == nil)
+    return true
+
+  elsif array1 == nil || array2 == nil || array1.length != array2.length
+    return false
+
+  else
+    array1.length.times do |num|
+      if array1[num] != array2[num]
+        return false
+      end
+    end
+
+    return true
+  end
 end