how to print lists of random numbers in python

I'm trying to generate and print some lists of random numbers(0 to 1) of length 1,4 and 9. For example:

[0.2341434134]  
[0.1314124124,0.341241234213,0.1234123412,0.12341243]  
[0.412341,0.141234,0.1412341,0.141234,0.1412341,0.1241234,0.1231243,0.134123,0.1234123]

This is what I've got but output is very different.

import random  
the_list = []

    def generateLists(j): 
        while (len(the_list) < i^2):  
            randNum = random.random()  
            the_list.append(randNum)  

        return the_list

    for i in range(1,4):  
        print(generateLists(i))  
        del the_list[:]