# What is a Titanic Number™?

This is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles, and the likewise inspired What is a Number™ series.

If a number conforms to a special rule, I like to call it a Titanic Number™. Find out when a number is called a Titanic Number™ and when it is called a Non-Titanic Number™.

Titanic Number™ Non-Titanic Number™
837997112 877911168
7869101687669 83796873117109
77658298108101 83112797810369
677910578 8265102116
676582 7973108
83657868 7399101
114796775 677982107
10376978383 651128076101
11279116658479 6665767611179110
1091011149911711489 115116898211170796577

CSV Version:

Titanic Number™,Non-Titanic Number™
837997112,877911168
7869101687669,83796873117109
77658298108101,83112797810369
677910578,8265102116
676582,7973108
83657868,7399101
114796775,677982107
10376978383,651128076101
11279116658479,6665767611179110
1091011149911711489,115116898211170796577

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Titanic Number™ represents things sinking in the water and Non-Titanic Number™ things floating in the water.

Step 1: split the strings to decimal ASCII e.g.: 837997112 --> 83 79 97 112

Step 2: convert to words
83 79 97 112,87 79 111 68
SOap,WOoD
78 69 101 68 76 69,83 79 68 73 117 109
NEeDLE,SODIum
77 65 82 98 108 101,83 112 79 78 103 69
MARble,SpONgE
67 79 105 78,82 65 102 116
COiN,RAft
67 65 82,79 73 108
CAR,OIl
83 65 78 68,73 99 101
SAND,Ice
114 79 67 75,67 79 82 107
rOCK,CORk
103 76 97 83 83,65 112 80 76 101
gLaSS, ApPLe
112 79 116 65 84 79,66 65 76 76 111 79 110
pOtATO,BALLoOn
09 101 114 99 117 114 89,115 116 89 82 111 70 79 65 77
mercurY,stYRoFOAM