How to replace a specific character acording to position

hi,
tablename
column name
00000111111
so,
i need to update 6 th position only.

I am not sure whether there is a direct inbuilt SQL function for this facility. I am giving a method to get this as below:
Logic:
1. Get the substring from first position to the required position minus 1 into the result string
2. Concat the required character to the substring in the above step (result string).
3. Concat the substring from required position plus 1 to the result string
SQL below:
select substr('00000111111',1,6-1) || '1' || substr('00000111111',6+1) from dual

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