exchange formatted pair to generic format

    // returns a string that is formatted for search indexes
    toFormat: function(raw){

        // reality here is that the query should find both ways
        
        raw = String(raw);
        raw = raw.replace(/ /g, '');
        raw = raw.replace(/_/g, ''); // liqui
        raw = raw.replace(/\//g, '');
        // assert string
        raw = String(raw);

        // check string length for (only three characters, if so default btc)
        if (raw.length < 6){
        
            // a pair has not been provided, this is either a single token or noise.
            // does it contain btc eth or usdt?
            // if not add btc, else err
            if (!raw.includes("BTC") || !raw.includes("ETH") || !raw.includes("USDT")){
                raw = raw + "BTC";
            }
            
            return raw.replace(/-/g, "").toUpperCase();

        }
        else {
            // remove any dashes
            const raw1 = raw.replace(/-/g, "");

            // make uppercase
            return raw2 = raw1.toUpperCase();
        }

    },