A little C++ question

#include<iostream>
#include<conio.h>

using namespace std;

int main ()
{
	char a[1000], b[1000];
	int count=0;
	cout<<endl<<"Enter some characters in string a "<<endl;
	gets(a);
	cout<<endl<<"Enter some characters in string b "<<endl;
	gets(b);
	int i=0, check=0;
	while (a[i] != '\0')
	{
		count++;
		i++;
	} //end while
	cout<<endl<<"There are "<<count<<" characters in string a";
	for(int j=0; j<=count; j++)
	{
		if (a[j]==b[j])
		{	check=1; }
	} //end for
	cout<<endl<<"The value for check is "<<check;
	getch();
	return 0;
}