Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all new to the forums. Very beginner at shell scripting. What I'm trying to do is this:
Is the directory empty prior to removal of it? If not, inform the user that the directory is not empty and if the user wants to remove it remove or move the files in it first.

But I'm stuck.. It checks if its empty but how would I go about removing the directory after checking whether it is empty or not.

Code:

#!/bin/bash

echo "Please enter directory to be removed: "
read directory1

if [ "$(ls -A $directory1)" ]; then
echo -e "$directory1 is not empty!"

else 
echo -e "$directory1 is empty!"

if [ $directory1 ]
fi

Is this a homework assignment?

yes but i'm not asking for anybody to write it for me I just want to know how I would get started at least.

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