diff --git a/lib/array_equals.rb b/lib/array_equals.rb
index 58e8369..144b772 100644
--- a/lib/array_equals.rb
+++ b/lib/array_equals.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,31 @@
+# Author: Farah Davoodi - Branches
+
 # 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 == [] && array2 == []
+    return true
+    
+  elsif (array1 == nil && array2 != nil) || (array1 != nil && array2 == nil)
+    return false
+    
+  elsif array1.length != array2.length
+    return false
+    
+  else
+    i = 0
+    
+    while i < array1.length
+      if array1[i] == array2[i]
+        i += 1
+      else
+        return false
+      end
+    end
+    return true
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/array_equals_test.rb b/test/array_equals_test.rb
index f745cf7..a0dedb0 100644
--- a/test/array_equals_test.rb
+++ b/test/array_equals_test.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 require 'minitest/autorun'
 require 'minitest/reporters'
 require_relative '../lib/array_equals'
+require 'pry'
+
+Minitest::Reporters.use!
 
 describe "array equals" do
   describe "basic tests" do
@@ -21,7 +24,7 @@
     it "arrays not equal: same count of elements" do
       array1 = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60]
       array2 = [20, 3, 50, 10, 68, 74]
-
+      
       array_equals(array1, array2).must_equal false
     end
   end