# Swap axes in pytorch?

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Indeed, it can be a shortcut to use

```python
tensor.transpose_(0, 1)

```

instead of

```python
tensor = tensor.transpose(0, 1)

```

But note that the difference in performance is not significant, as `transpose` does not copy memory nor allocate new memory, and only swaps the strides.

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