Returning what value from my function?

I am making a spellcheck program that compares words from a notepad file to another notepad dictionary file. I just need a bit of help in the binary search algorithm. How exactly do I report that there is a spelling mistake? How do I return a 0 or 1 from my function. I'm just slightly confused here.

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#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <cstring>


using namespace std;

int spellcheck(char dict[][20], char wordfromletter[20], int sizeoffile) // Binary search function that takes in the current word, the dictionary array, and the size of the dictionary. 
{
    int first = 0;
    int last = sizeoffile - 1;
    int middle = (first + last) / 2;
    bool correct = false;


    while ((strcmp(dict[middle], wordfromletter)) != 0 && first <= last)
    {
        if (strcmp(dict[middle], wordfromletter) > 0)
        {
            first = middle + 1;
        }
        
        else 
        {
            last = middle - 1;
        }

        middle = (first + last) / 2;
    }

    if ()           // This is where I just need help. I don't know how to know whether there is a spelling mistake or not. 
        return 1;
    else 
    return 0;
}



int main() {

    ifstream input1;
    ifstream input2;
    char dict[200][20];
    char wordfromletter[20];
    int correction = 0;
    int sizeoffile = 0;

    input1.open("dictionary.txt");
    input2.open("letter.txt");

    if (input1.fail()) {
        cout << "error opening file" << endl;
        system("Pause");
        return 0;
    }

    if (input2.fail()) {
        cout << "error opening letter" << endl;
        system("Pause");
        return 0;
    }


    for (int n = 0; !input1.eof(); n++)
    {
        input1 >> dict[n];
        ++sizeoffile;
    }


/*  
    Printing out the dictionary
    for (int p = 0; p < 20; p++)
    {
        cout << dict[p] << endl;
    }
    */

    while (!input2.eof())
    {
        input2 >> wordfromletter;
        correction = spellcheck(dict, wordfromletter, sizeoffile);
        if (correction == 0)
        {
            cout << wordfromletter << "    spelling mistake" << endl;
        }
    }

    input1.close();
    input2.close();

    system("pause");
}
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