Looping through a nested array

Question

var map = [
        ["Blank", "Blank", "Blank"],
        ["Blank", "Player", "Blank"],
        ["Blank", "Blank", "Blank"]
];

I am having problems looping through an array. Mainly this function here. It is suppose to move the "Player" down one within the matrix.

Everything I try the "Player" will always drop down to the bottom row when the players position is on the top. Also I have been having weird buggy issues. Some times I will not change the code at all (or at least I think so). And then the code will not have this issue, and then it will again. Also right now I can't get the "Player" to move any farther to the left then the middle. I'll show the code for that function at the end. Thank you for trying to help.

function moveDown() {
        for (y = map.length - 1; y >= 0 ; y--) {
            for (x = map[y].length - 1; x >= 0; x--) {
                var posX = map[y].indexOf("Player");

                if (posX > -1 && y == 0) {
                    map[1].splice(posX, 1,"Player");
                    map[y].splice(posX, 1,"Blank");
                    return;
                } else if (posX > -1 && y == 1) {
                    map[2].splice(posX, 1,"Player");
                    map[y].splice(posX, 1,"Blank");
                    return;
                } else if (posX > -1 && y == 2) {
                    return;
                }
            }
        }

    }

Here is all my code. Don't read it all if you don't have time. My main issue right now is with the moveDown() function. (I think)

var map = [
        ["Blank", "Blank", "Blank"],
        ["Blank", "Player", "Blank"],
        ["Blank", "Blank", "Blank"]
];

var run = true;

menu();
printLoop(map);


while (run) {
    var input = prompt();

    if (input == "left") {
        movePlayer("left");
    } else if (input == "right") {
        movePlayer("right");
    } else if (input == "up") {
        movePlayer("up");
    } else if (input == "down") {
        movePlayer("down");
    }

    switch (input) {
      case "menu":
        menu(); break;
      case "quit": 
        run = false; break;
    }
    menu();
    printLoop(map);
}


function movePlayer(direction) {
    for (y=0; y<map.length; y++) {
        var playerPos = map[y].indexOf("Player");

        if (movableRight(playerPos)) {
            if (direction == "right") {
                map[y].splice(playerPos, 1,"Blank");
                map[y].splice(playerPos + 1, 1,"Player");
            }
        } else if (movableLeft(playerPos)) {
            if (direction == "left") {
                map[y].splice(playerPos, 1,"Blank");
                map[y].splice(playerPos - 1, 1,"Player");
            }
        }

        if (direction == "up") {
            moveUp();
        } else if (direction == "down") {
            moveDown();
        }

    }

}

/*function getX(obj) {
    for (x = 0; x < map.length; x++) {
        for (y = 0; y < map[x].length; y++) {
            if (map[x][y] == obj) {
                return x;
            }
        }
    }
}

function getY(obj) {
    for (x = 0; x < map.length; x++) {
        for (y = 0; y < map[x].length; y++) {
            if (map[x][y] == obj) {
                return y;
            }
        }
    }
}*/

function movableLeft(pos) {
    if (pos <= 0) {
        console.log(pos + "<= 0");
        return false;
    } else if (pos > map.length - 1) {
        console.log(pos + "> map.length - 1");
        return false;
    } else {
        console.log(pos + "true");
        return true;
    }
}

function movableRight(pos) {
    if (pos < 0) {
        return false;
    } else if (pos >= map.length - 1) {
        return false;
    } else {
        return true;
    }
}

function moveUp() {
    for (y = 0; y < map.length; y++) {
        for (x = 0; x < map[y].length; x++) {
            var posX = map[y].indexOf("Player");
                if(posX > -1) {
                    switch (y) {
                        case 1:
                            map[0].splice(posX, 1,"Player");
                            map[y].splice(posX, 1,"Blank");
                            break;
                        case 2:
                            map[1].splice(posX, 1,"Player");
                            map[y].splice(posX, 1,"Blank");
                }
            }
        }   
    }

}

function moveDown() {
    for (y = map.length - 1; y >= 0 ; y--) {
        for (x = map[y].length - 1; x >= 0; x--) {
            var posX = map[y].indexOf("Player");

            if (posX > -1 && y == 0) {
                map[1].splice(posX, 1,"Player");
                map[y].splice(posX, 1,"Blank");
                return;
            } else if (posX > -1 && y == 1) {
                map[2].splice(posX, 1,"Player");
                map[y].splice(posX, 1,"Blank");
                return;
            } else if (posX > -1 && y == 2) {
                return;
            }
        }
    }

}


function printLoop(array) {
    var line0 = "";
    var line1 = "";
    var line2 = "";

    for (y = 0; y < array.length; y++) {
        for (x = 0; x < array[y].length; x++) {
            switch (y) {
                case 0:
                    line0 += array[y][x] + ", "; break;
                case 1:
                    line1 += array[y][x] + ", "; break;
                case 2:
                    line2 += array[y][x] + ", "; break;
            }
        }
    }
    console.log(" ");
    console.log(line0);
    console.log(line1);
    console.log(line2);
    console.log(" ");

}

function menu() {
    console.log("===============================");
    console.log("up - down - right - left - quit");
    console.log("===============================");
}

Answer 1

Unless I'm misunderstanding your question, you are overcomplicating things. This is all you need:

function moveDown() {
    for (y = 0; y < map.length; y++) {
        var posX = map[y].indexOf("Player");
        if (posX < 0) continue;
        if ( y == map.length-1 ) break;

        map[y][posX] = "Blank";
        map[y+1][posX] = "Player";
        break;
    }
}

Iterate through the top-level array until you find the row which contains the player. Then, once you have found the player, if it's already at the bottom you're done. Otherwise, overwrite it with a "Blank", and overwrite the corresponding position in the next row with "Player".