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Sort Employees by Department

You are given a list of employee records, where each record consists of an employee's name and their department, separated by a comma. Sort the records first by department name and then by employee name within each department. Print the sorted records, one per line. Example Input: John Doe,Engineering Anna Smith,Marketing Bob Lee,Engineering Charlotte Clark,Marketing Example Output: Anna Smith,Marketing Charlotte Clark,Marketing John Doe,Engineering Bob Lee,Engineering

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