function myFunction(someArray)
{
// any function that makes an array based on a passed array;
// someArray has two dimensions;
// I've tried copying the passed array to a new array like this (I've also used 'someArray' directly in the code);

funcArray = new Array();
funcArray = someArray;

var i = 0;

    for(i=0; i<funcArray.length; i++)
    {
    funcArray[i].reverse;
    }

return funcArray;

}

myArray = [["A","B","C"],["D","E","F"],["G","H","I"]];
anotherArray = new Array();

anotherArray = myFunction(myArray);
// myArray gets modified!;

anotherArray = myFunction(myArray.valueOf());
// myArray gets modified!;

funcArray = new Array();
funcArray = someArray;

var funcArray = someArray.slice(0);

// Use the JSON parse to clone the data.
function cloneData(data) {
  // Convert the data into a string first
  var jsonString = JSON.stringify(data);

  //  Parse the string to create a new instance of the data
  return JSON.parse(jsonString);
}

// An array with data
var original = [1, 2, 3, 4];

function mutate(data) {
  // This function changes a value in the array
  data[2] = 4;
}

// Mutate clone
mutate(cloneData(original));

// Mutate original
mutate(original);

var arrayWithObjects = [ { id: 1 }, { id: 2 }, { id: 3 } ];

function mutate(data) {
  // In this case a property of an object is changed!
  data[1].id = 4;
}

// Mutates a (DEEP) cloned version of the array
mutate(cloneData(arrayWithObjects));

console.log(arrayWithObjects[1].id) // ==> 2

MY_NEW_OBJECT = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(MY_OBJECT));

var aArray = [0.0, 1.0, 2.0];
var aArrayCopy = new Array(aArray);
aArrayCopy[0] = "A changed value.";
console.log("aArrayCopy[0]: "+aArrayCopy[0]+"naArray[0]: "+aArray[0]);

aArrayCopy[0]: A changed value.
aArray[0]: 0