Is there a standardized method to swap two variables in Python?

Question

In Python, I\'ve seen two variable values swapped using this syntax:

left, right = right, left

Is this considered the standard way to swap

Answer 1

Does not work for multidimensional arrays, because references are used here.

import numpy as np

# swaps
data = np.random.random(2)
print(data)
data[0], data[1] = data[1], data[0]
print(data)

# does not swap
data = np.random.random((2, 2))
print(data)
data[0], data[1] = data[1], data[0]
print(data)

See also Swap slices of Numpy arrays