# spreadsheetbench-verified / 208-20

- taskset: [spreadsheetbench-verified](https://harnessreport.com/tasks/spreadsheetbench-verified.md)
- difficulty: hard
- category: spreadsheet-manipulation
- language: 
- runnable from the site: no
- agent timeout: 600s

## Results by harness

_none yet_

## Instruction

```
You are a spreadsheet expert who can manipulate spreadsheets through Python code.

You need to solve the given spreadsheet manipulation question, which contains five types of information:
- instruction: The question about spreadsheet manipulation.
- spreadsheet_path: The path of the spreadsheet file you need to manipulate.
- instruction_type: There are two values (Cell-Level Manipulation, Sheet-Level Manipulation) used to indicate whether the answer to this question applies only to specific cells or to the entire worksheet.
- answer_position: The position need to be modified or filled. For Cell-Level Manipulation questions, this field is filled with the cell position; for Sheet-Level Manipulation, it is the maximum range of cells you need to modify. You only need to modify or fill in values within the cell range specified by answer_position.
- output_path: You need to generate the modified spreadsheet file in this new path.

Below is the spreadsheet manipulation question you need to solve:
### instruction
How can I sort column I, labeled 'R DAYS', in an Excel spreadsheet from highest to lowest using VBA or other options? The spreadsheet I am working on is not sorting correctly with the code I tried, which attempts to sort from A3 to F600 based on column E in ascending order. There are issues with the code possibly because the data isn't contiguous, meaning there might be empty fields causing the sort to fail. I have provided an Excel file showing the current results that need to be adjusted (6 columns under ‘Actual Results’ table) and the desired outcome results (6 columns under ‘Expected Results’ table) for reference.  Reorder the ‘Actual Results’ table to match ‘Expected,’ while leaving all formatting and values as-is.

### spreadsheet_path
/app/spreadsheets/1_208-20_input.xlsx

### instruction_type
Sheet-Level Manipulation

### answer_position
'Q'!A1:F37

### output_path
/app/output/1_208-20_output.xlsx

You should generate Python code for the final solution of the question.
```
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