diff --git a/lib/array_equals.rb b/lib/array_equals.rb
index 58e8369..8242d37 100644
--- a/lib/array_equals.rb
+++ b/lib/array_equals.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,23 @@
 # Determines if the two input arrays have the same count of elements
 # and the same integer values in the same exact order
+require 'pry'
 def array_equals(array1, array2)
-  raise NotImplementedError
-end
+  #checking for nil cases
+  if array1 == nil && array2 != nil 
+    return false
+  elsif array1 != nil && array2 == nil
+    return false
+  elsif array1 == nil && array2 == nil
+    return true
+  elsif array1.length != array2.length
+    return false
+  else
+    n = array1.length
+    (n).times do |i|
+      if array1[i]!=array2[i]
+        return false
+      end
+    end
+    return true
+  end
+end
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