diff --git a/array_equals.rb b/array_equals.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..801ed21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/array_equals.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+def array_equals(array1, array2)
+  if array1[0] == array2[0] &&
+    array1[1] == array2[1] &&
+    array1[2] == array2[2] &&
+    array1[3] == array2[3] &&
+    array1[4] == array2[4] &&
+    array1[5] == array2[5] &&
+    array1[6] == array2[6]
+    return true
+  elsif array2 == nil && array1 != nil
+    return false
+  elsif array1 == nil && array2 == nil
+    return true
+  elsif array1 == "" && array2 == ""
+    return true
+  elsif array1 == "" && array2 != nil
+    return false
+  elsif array1 != nil && array2 == ""
+    return false
+  else
+    return false
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/array_equals.rb b/lib/array_equals.rb
index 58e8369..da4e44f 100644
--- a/lib/array_equals.rb
+++ b/lib/array_equals.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,34 @@
 # 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.length > 0
+    return false
+  elsif array1.length > 0 && array2 == nil
+    return false
+  elsif array1.length != array2.length
+    return false
+  elsif array1[0] == array2[0] &&
+    array1[1] == array2[1] &&
+    array1[2] == array2[2] &&
+    array1[3] == array2[3] &&
+    array1[4] == array2[4] &&
+    array1[5] == array2[5]
+    return true
+  elsif array1[0] != array2[0] ||
+    array1[1] != array2[1] ||
+    array1[2] != array2[2] ||
+    array1[3] != array2[3] ||
+    array1[4] != array2[4] ||
+    array1[5] != array2[5]
+    return false
+  elsif array1.length == 0 && array2.length == 0
+    return true
+  elsif array1.length == 0 && array2.length > 0
+    return false
+  elsif array1.length > 0 && array2.length == 0
+    return false
+
+  end
 end
diff --git a/specs/array_equals_spec.rb b/specs/array_equals_spec.rb
index f745cf7..904e6c3 100644
--- a/specs/array_equals_spec.rb
+++ b/specs/array_equals_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require 'minitest/autorun'
 require 'minitest/reporters'
+require 'minitest/skip_dsl'
 require_relative '../lib/array_equals'
 
 describe "array equals" do