opencv Pixel Access Setting and getting pixel values of a Gray image in C++

Example

// PixelAccessTutorial.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console 
// Environment: Visual studio 2015, Windows 10
// Assumptions: Opecv is installed configured in the visual studio project
// Opencv version: OpenCV 3.1

#include "stdafx.h"
#include<opencv2/core/core.hpp>
#include<opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp>
#include<opencv2/imgproc/imgproc.hpp>
#include<string>
#include<iostream>

int main()
{

    cv::Mat imgOriginal;        // input image
    cv::Mat imgGrayscale;        // grayscale of input image

    std::cout << "Please enter an image filename : ";
    std::string img_addr;
    std::cin >> img_addr;

    std::cout << "Searching for " + img_addr << std::endl;

    imgOriginal = cv::imread(img_addr);            // open image

        if (imgOriginal.empty()) {                                    // if unable to open image
            std::cout << "error: image not read from file\n\n";        // show error message on command line
            return(0);                                                // and exit program
        }

    cv::cvtColor(imgOriginal, imgGrayscale, CV_BGR2GRAY);        // convert to grayscale

    const int channels = imgGrayscale.channels();
    printf("Number of channels = %d", channels);

    cv::Mat output ;
    imgGrayscale.copyTo(output); // Just to make sure the Mat objects are of the same size. 

    //Set the threshhold to your desired value
    uchar threshhold = 127; 

    if (channels == 1)
    {
        for (int x = 0; x<imgGrayscale.rows; x++) {
            for (int y = 0; y<imgGrayscale.cols; y++) {
                // Accesssing values of each pixel
                if (imgGrayscale.at<uchar>(x, y) >= threshhold) {
                    // Setting the pixel values to 255 if it's above the threshold
                    output.at<uchar>(x, y) = 254;
                }
                else if (imgGrayscale.at<uchar>(x, y) < threshhold) {
                    // Setting the pixel values to 255 if it's below the threshold
                    output.at<uchar>(x, y) = 0;
                }
                else {
                    // Just in case
                    printf("The value at (%d, %d) are not right. Value: %d\n", x, y, imgGrayscale.at<uchar>(x, y));
                }
            }
        }
    }
    else if (channels == 3)
    {
        // This is only for  gray scale images
        printf("\tThe image has 3 channels. The function does not support images with 3 channels.\n");
    }

    //Create windows to show image
    cv::namedWindow("Gray scale", CV_WINDOW_AUTOSIZE);    
    cv::namedWindow("Binary", CV_WINDOW_AUTOSIZE);        

    cv::imshow("Gray scale", imgGrayscale);        
    cv::imshow("Binary", output);

    cv::waitKey(0);                    // hold windows open until user presses a key

    return 0;
}