Word Search for deletion.

// practice.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application.
//

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

void deleteWord(char[], char[]);
int findWordStartIndex(char[], char[]);
int findWordEndIndex(char[], char[]);

int main()
{
    char paragraph[1000] = { '\0' };
    char word[50] = { '\0' };

    cout << "\nFind word and delete it from paragraph.";

    cout << "\nEnter paragraph that terminates with a hashtag character: ";
    cin.getline(paragraph,999,'#');

    cout << "\nEnter word to delete from paragraph, terminating with a fullstop: ";
    cin.getline(word,49,'.');

    deleteWord(paragraph, word);

    return 0;

}

void deleteWord(char paragraph[], char word[])
{
    int starti, endi;
    starti = findWordStartIndex(paragraph, word);
    if (starti == -1){
        cout << "\nERROR: Word not found!";
    }
    else{
        cout << "\nWord found at index: " << starti;
        endi = findWordEndIndex(paragraph, word);
        cout << "\nWord ends at index: " << endi;
        cout << "\nDeletion Continued...";
    }
}
int findWordStartIndex(char paragraph[], char word[])
{
    bool check = false;
    int i = 0, y = 0,x=0, in = 0;
    while (paragraph[i] != '\0'){
        if (paragraph[i] == ' '){ i++; continue; }
        if (paragraph[i] == word[0]){
            x = i;
            while (word[y]!='\0'){
                if (paragraph[x] != word[y]){
                    break;
                }
                x++;;
                y++;
            }
            if (word[y] == '\0'){ check = true; }
        }
        if (check == true){ return i; }
        i++;
        y = 0;
    }
    return -1;
}
int findWordEndIndex(char paragraph[], char word[])
{
    bool check = false;
    int i = 0, y = 0, x = 0, in = 0;
    while (paragraph[i] != '\0'){
        if (paragraph[i] == ' ' || paragraph[i]=='.'){
            i++; continue;
        }
        if (paragraph[i] == word[0]){
            x = i;
            while (word[y] != '\0'){
                if (paragraph[x] != word[y]){
                    break;
                }
                x++;;
                y++;
            }
            if (word[y] == '\0'){ check = true; }
        }
        if (check == true){ return (x-1); }
        i++;
        y = 0;
    }
    return -1;
}