diff --git a/lib/array_equals.rb b/lib/array_equals.rb
index 58e8369..df9c04b 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)
+  if array1 == nil && array2 == nil
+    return true
+  elsif array1 == nil || array2 == nil
+    return false
+  end
+
+  array1_length = array1.length
+  array2_length = array2.length
+  if array1_length == array2_length
+    array1_length.times do |index|
+      if array1[index] != array2[index]
+        return false
+      end
+    end
+    return true
+  end
+  return false
+  
   raise NotImplementedError
+
 end