diff --git a/lib/array_equals.rb b/lib/array_equals.rb
index 58e8369..9b1011b 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
-end
+  
+  if (array1 == [] && array2 == []) || (array1 == nil && array2 == nil)
+    return true
+  elsif (array1 == [] || array2 == []) || (array1 == nil || array2 == nil)
+    return false
+  else
+    array1.length.times do |i|
+      if array1[i] == array2[i] && array1.length == array2.length
+        return true
+      else
+        return false
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
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