def findMoney (word):
    idx = word.find("$")
    if idx == -1:
        return len(word)
    return idx

def findMoney2 (word):
    for ch in word:
        if ch == "$":
            return word.index(ch) # this return will break the loop
                                  # thus we will return index of the first
                                  # matching symbol
    return len(word)

def findMoney3 (word):
    for i in range (len(word)):
        if word[i] == "$":
            return i
    return len(word)


def ridOfMoney(word):
    idx = findMoney(word) # what happened if there are no "$"
    firstHalf = word[:idx]# in the word. Do we need a if statement
    secondHalf = word[idx+1:] # to catch that?
    newWord = firstHalf + secondHalf 
    return newWord