How to convert a string to a number in Ruby?

Question

ruby

The question may be stupid, and it's easy to implement it yourself, but it's always better to use the ways of those who have already gone through it. :)
So, there are several lines: for example, "the eighth of March", "the eighth of March", "the eighth people". Is there a gem for ruby ​​that can do at least:
"March 8th", "March 8th", "8 people",
and at the maximum:
"March 8th", "March 8th", "8th Human".
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

similar, but not quite https://github.com/yaroslav/russian/

Answer 2

put gem 'russian'
and then write
<%= "count #{Russian.p(count, "thing", "things", "things")} %>