Cannot produce x,y coordinates in ArcPy?

Question

ArcMap version 10.3.1 Python version 2.7.12

I'm trying to produce a points table with one row. The row should include x,y coordinates for the point and optionally a name.

I have tried this two different ways and failed, each yielding separate results.

Attempt 1:

(Creates a shapefile, but it is empty and unprojected)

temp is a variable holding '[37.00, -79.00]'

pointslist = []
pointslist.append(temp)

pt = arcpy.Point()
ptGeoms = []
for p in pointslist:
    pt.X = p[0]
    pt.Y = p[1]
    ptGeoms.append(arcpy.PointGeometry(pt))

arcpy.CopyFeatures_management(ptGeoms, r"C:\Temp\test.shp")

Attempt 2:

(Always results in the name field being populated, but the x,y remaining null)

fc = "p:/435final/standin.gdb/userx"
cursor = arcpy.da.InsertCursor(fc, ["SHAPE@XY"])
xy = (39.55, -79.00)
cursor.insertRow(["USER", xy])
del cursor 

Answer 1

A few things:

1. In your first attempt you have a for loop. You do not need to loop through the points list because you only have one coordinate. You can just pass your coordinate values through the arcpy geometries
2. I ran your code and my point showed up somewhere in Antarctica. So I ran it again and switched your x,y positions and the point showed up in Virginia
3. Your point needs to be in a coordinate system when creating it because arcmap will tell you that it cannot be drawn without a coordinate system.

Here is what I have assuming you want your point in Virginia and not somewhere on a Antarctic iceberg

point  = arcpy.PointGeometry(arcpy.Point(-79.00,37.00),arcpy.SpatialReference(4326))
arcpy.CopyFeatures_management(point, r"path\noury.shp")