Our CSV Data:<br/>
<textarea id="csvData">Dates,Mark,Gene
1/1/2015,4,12
2/1/2015,6,14
3/1/2015,12,15
4/1/2015,14,21
5/1/2015,23,30
6/1/2015,16,28
7/1/2015,15,23
8/1/2015,6,15
9/1/2015,10,15
10/1/2015,13,17
11/1/2015,9,14
12/1/2015,6,9</textarea><br/>
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