GREP character to nth position

Hi Everyone,
Apologies in advance if this has been asked a zillion times before, but does anyone know how to locate a character to nth position in a certain location, e.g.
HarryPotter
I want to select the 6th character from the left, the 'P'
Also, does anyone know the GREP code for this for BBEdit?
Many thanks
gr

Hi,
use
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