From d9afdf68bee707742c4ee5b615e4d1294e0f98ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: same8891 <55152301+same8891@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 15:15:12 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update SpreadsheetExtractionAlgorithm.java

---
 .../tabula/extractors/SpreadsheetExtractionAlgorithm.java       | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/technology/tabula/extractors/SpreadsheetExtractionAlgorithm.java b/src/main/java/technology/tabula/extractors/SpreadsheetExtractionAlgorithm.java
index 5b4af3d5..7c5c0de6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/technology/tabula/extractors/SpreadsheetExtractionAlgorithm.java
+++ b/src/main/java/technology/tabula/extractors/SpreadsheetExtractionAlgorithm.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ else if (r.vertical()) {
         
         List<Cell> cells = findCells(horizontalR, verticalR);
         List<Rectangle> spreadsheetAreas = findSpreadsheetsFromCells(cells);
-        
+        Collections.sort(spreadsheetAreas, Comparator.comparingDouble(Rectangle::getHeight).reversed());
         List<Table> spreadsheets = new ArrayList<>();
         for (Rectangle area: spreadsheetAreas) {
 

From 186e75393e8e77b144879c3df63fe49c2cde930a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: same8891 <55152301+same8891@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 15:42:51 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update SpreadsheetExtractionAlgorithm.java

---
 .../tabula/extractors/SpreadsheetExtractionAlgorithm.java | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/technology/tabula/extractors/SpreadsheetExtractionAlgorithm.java b/src/main/java/technology/tabula/extractors/SpreadsheetExtractionAlgorithm.java
index 7c5c0de6..59ff966e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/technology/tabula/extractors/SpreadsheetExtractionAlgorithm.java
+++ b/src/main/java/technology/tabula/extractors/SpreadsheetExtractionAlgorithm.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ else if (r.vertical()) {
         
         List<Cell> cells = findCells(horizontalR, verticalR);
         List<Rectangle> spreadsheetAreas = findSpreadsheetsFromCells(cells);
-        Collections.sort(spreadsheetAreas, Comparator.comparingDouble(Rectangle::getHeight).reversed());
+
         List<Table> spreadsheets = new ArrayList<>();
         for (Rectangle area: spreadsheetAreas) {
 
@@ -183,9 +183,9 @@ public static List<Cell> findCells(List<Ruling> horizontalRulingLines, List<Ruli
     public static List<Rectangle> findSpreadsheetsFromCells(List<? extends Rectangle> cells) {
         // via: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13746284/merging-multiple-adjacent-rectangles-into-one-polygon
         List<Rectangle> rectangles = new ArrayList<>();
-        Set<Point2D> pointSet = new HashSet<>();
-        Map<Point2D, Point2D> edgesH = new HashMap<>();
-        Map<Point2D, Point2D> edgesV = new HashMap<>();
+        Set<Point2D> pointSet = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+        Map<Point2D, Point2D> edgesH = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        Map<Point2D, Point2D> edgesV = new LinkedHashMap<>();
         int i = 0;
         
         cells = new ArrayList<>(new HashSet<>(cells));