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