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diff --git a/lib/array_equals.rb b/lib/array_equals.rb
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--- a/lib/array_equals.rb
+++ b/lib/array_equals.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 # 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 |item|
+        if array2[item] != array1[item]
+          return false
+        end
+      end
+      return true
+    end
 end