diff --git a/lib/array_equals.rb b/lib/array_equals.rb
index 58e8369..ccaf50a 100644
--- a/lib/array_equals.rb
+++ b/lib/array_equals.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,31 @@
 # 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 array2 == nil && array1 != nil 
+    return false 
+  end 
+  
+  
+  if array1.length != array2.length 
+    return false 
+  end 
+
+   
+  array1.each_with_index do |num, index|
+    if num != array2[index]
+      return false 
+    end 
+    
+    
+  end 
+  return true 
+  
+  
 end