diff --git a/lib/array_equals.rb b/lib/array_equals.rb
index 58e8369..7038b07 100644
--- a/lib/array_equals.rb
+++ b/lib/array_equals.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,29 @@
 # 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)
+true_false_array = []
+  
+  if array1 == nil || array2 == nil
+    if array1 == nil && array2 == nil
+      true_false_array << "true"
+    else 
+      true_false_array << "false"
+    end
+  else 
+    if array1.length == array2.length 
+      array1.length.times do |index|
+        if array1[index] == array2[index]
+          true_false_array << "true" 
+        else 
+          true_false_array  << "false" 
+        end
+      end
+    else 
+      true_false_array  << "false" 
+    end
+  end
+
+  return true_false_array.delete("false") == nil
   raise NotImplementedError
 end
+