Java Excercise

package com.company;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        char[] arr1 = {'d', 's', '$', '$', '$', '4', 's', 'd' };
        char[] arr2 = {'a', 'b', 'c', '$', 'a', 'x', 'y', '$', 'b', 't', 'd', '$', 'v' };

        System.out.println(isDollarChain(arr1, 3));
        System.out.println(isDollarChain(arr2, 9));
    }

    public static boolean isDollarChain(char[] arr, int len)
    {
        int chars_counter = 0;
        int dollar_counter = 0;

        for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++)
        {
            if (dollar_counter == 0)
            {
                if (arr[i] == '$')
                {
                    chars_counter++;
                    dollar_counter++;
                }
                else
                {
                    continue;
                }
            }
            else // we had one $ already, so we start counting characters
            {
                chars_counter++;

                if (arr[i] == '$')
                {
                    dollar_counter++;

                    if (dollar_counter == 3)
                    {
                        if (len == chars_counter)
                            return true;
                        else
                            return false;
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        return false;
    }
}