@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def __getattr__( self, attrName ):
 	"""
 	@staticmethod
 	def pathValidator():
-		return re.compile( "^(\|?[^\t\n\r\f\v\|]+)+\|?$" )
+		return re.compile( r"^(|?[^\t\n\r\f\v|]+)+\|?$" )
 
 	"""
 	Returns (True, "") only if the value is a correct DAG path string and also checks that the DAG node exists or doesn't exist
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def defaultShapeName( transformNode ):
 
 		parentShort = transformNode.rpartition( "|" )[-1]
 
-		numbersMatch = re.search( "[0-9]+$", parentShort )
+		numbersMatch = re.search( r"[0-9]+$", parentShort )
 		if numbersMatch is not None :
 			numbers = numbersMatch.group()
 			shapeName = parentShort[:-len(numbers)] + "Shape" + numbers
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def create( parentName, transformParent = None, shadingEngine = None ) :
 	@IECoreMaya.UndoFlush()
 	def createShape( parentNode, shadingEngine = None ) :
 		parentShort = parentNode.rpartition( "|" )[-1]
-		numbersMatch = re.search( "[0-9]+$", parentShort )
+		numbersMatch = re.search( r"[0-9]+$", parentShort )
 		if numbersMatch is not None :
 			numbers = numbersMatch.group()
 			shapeName = parentShort[:-len(numbers)] + "SceneShape" + numbers
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def __getattr__( self, attrName ):
 	"""
 	@staticmethod
 	def pathValidator():
-		return re.compile( "^(\|?[^\t\n\r\f\v\|]+)+\|?$" )
+		return re.compile( r"^(|?[^\t\n\r\f\v|]+)+\|?$" )
 
 	"""
 	Returns (True, "") only if the value is a correct dependency nodestring and also checks that the node exists or doesn't exist
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def __openEditWindow( self, unused ) :
 
 		if not self.__editWindow :
 
-			editWindowName = re.sub( "[\|\.]" , "_", self.plugName() )
+			editWindowName = re.sub( r"[|.]" , "_", self.plugName() )
 			if maya.cmds.window( editWindowName, q=True, exists=True ):
 				maya.cmds.deleteUI( editWindowName )
 
 
@@ -105,4 +105,4 @@ def pathFromPlug( p ) :
 ## Extracts the node name from a full path to an attribute.
 def nodeFromAttributePath( a ) :
 
-	return re.match( "^[^.]*", a ).group( 0 )
+	return re.match( r"^[^.]*", a ).group( 0 )