diff --git a/lib/array_equals.rb b/lib/array_equals.rb
index 58e8369..ae53ad2 100644
--- a/lib/array_equals.rb
+++ b/lib/array_equals.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
 # 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 array1.length != array2.length
+    return false
+  elsif array1.length == array2.length
+    element_count = 0
+    array1.length.times do |x|
+      if array1[x] == array2[x]
+        element_count += 1
+      else
+        return false
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  if array1.length == element_count
+    return true
+  end
 end