diff --git a/lib/array_equals.rb b/lib/array_equals.rb
index 58e8369..d598a5c 100644
--- a/lib/array_equals.rb
+++ b/lib/array_equals.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
-# 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
+
+    if array1.count == array2.count
+      index = array1.count 
+      (0..index).each do |i|
+        if array1[i] == array2[i]
+          return true
+        else
+          return false
+        end
+      end
+    else
+      return false
+    end
+
+  elsif array1 == nil && array2 == nil
+    return true
+  else
+    return false
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/array_equals_test.rb b/test/array_equals_test.rb
index f745cf7..2002fde 100644
--- a/test/array_equals_test.rb
+++ b/test/array_equals_test.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 require 'minitest/reporters'
 require_relative '../lib/array_equals'
 
+Minitest::Reporters.use! Minitest::Reporters::SpecReporter.new
+
 describe "array equals" do
   describe "basic tests" do
     it "arrays are equal" do